Places janepeytonjohnson Wants to Go

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.