Places jgresens Wants to Go

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

Along with his smaller donkey pal, he guards the museum’s exhibits and memorabilia.

A touching tribute to the "Wonky Donkey."

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

A restored Shell gas station from 1937 that includes a tow truck, the original gas pumps, and the original office.

Launch vegetables using oversized slingshots at this Fingerlakes winery's roadside attraction.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.