Places Just Pete Wants to Go

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

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

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.