West Bend, Iowa
Father Paul Dobberstein's Grotto of the Redemption
A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
West Bend, Iowa
A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.
Deadwood, South Dakota
Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.
Chugwater, Wyoming
A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Mexican Hat, Utah
This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.
Tuba City, Arizona
One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Cameron, Arizona
More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Saint Davids, Wales
The remains of a small medieval chapel mark the legendary birthplace of the patron saint of Wales.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Lead, South Dakota
Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Long Beach, California
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.
Inyo County, California
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
Glen Ellen, California
The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
San Diego, California
San Diego's most historic and haunted home.