Places Joe Wants to Go

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

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 unique collection of artistic rides

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

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

This historic pink parlor keeps Phoenicians cool with homemade, retro ice creams.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.