Places jaredgreunke Wants to Go

A thousand years old and the largest of its kind in the world.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

A nearly 200-year-old Catholic mission built to serve the native people of Idaho.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

Population: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.