Places janellearmstrong Wants to Go

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.