Places jeffquinton Wants to Go

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.