Places Jenn Eidemiller Wants to Go

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

Antique automobiles, phonographs, organs, and farm equipment.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

Open-air cremations in Colorado's self-proclaimed spiritual mecca.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

The world's largest sticker ball weighs in at a mighty 231 pounds.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

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

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

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

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

A scenic ravine with an astounding collection of rock art created by the Indigenous people of the Great Plains.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.