Places jrhspam Wants to Go

A historic, scenic mill that was forced to close due to overlogging.

This small turbine mill along Rocky Creek was built in 1928

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

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

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.