Places joparkman Wants to Go

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This bottle-shaped monument pays tribute to the Appalachian drink that changed the pace of human life.

This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Sand dunes from a glacial lake are preserved in this woodland park.

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

Roadside attraction with more than 1,000 stuffed and mounted animal skins displayed in simulated natural habitats with hand-painted backdrops.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

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

A Winnebago Tribe collection featuring arrowheads, artwork, and a mysterious rock carving.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.