Miami, Oklahoma
Route 66 Sidewalk Highway
When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.
Places Jen Seriously Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Kenton, Oklahoma
Black Mesa
The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.
Lawton, Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains Buffalo Herd
American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Buck Atom
Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.
Commerce, Oklahoma
Home of Mickey Mantle
The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Arcadia Round Barn
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, New Zealand
World's Loneliest Tree
The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.
Kawakawa, New Zealand
Hundertwasser Toilets
Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.
Wellington, New Zealand
Wrights Hill Fortress
Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.
Wanaka, New Zealand
Puzzling World
New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.
Waimangu, New Zealand
Frying Pan Lake
Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.
Wellington, New Zealand
Colossal Squid
The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.
Punakaiki, New Zealand
Pancake Rocks
This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.
Lake Tarawera, New Zealand
Te Wairoa Buried Village
A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.
Slope Point, New Zealand
Slope Point
The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.
South Island, New Zealand
Franz Josef Glacier
The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.
Fox Glacier, New Zealand
Fox Glacier
A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.
Ohaupo, New Zealand
The Tree Church
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Wanaka, New Zealand
That Wanaka Tree
A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Milford Sound
Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.
Castle Hill, New Zealand
Castle Hill
The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."
Waitomo, New Zealand
Waitomo Glowworm Caves
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Trinidad, Cuba
Discoteca Ayala
This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.
Lawton, Oklahoma
Parallel Forest
A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.
