Places joannemilne Wants to Go

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

This set of hot springs also comes with fantastic views.

These century-old beehive-shaped kilns were built to produce charcoal for nearby mines.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.