Places justinluthey Wants to Go

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

These modest Midwestern formations are kin to Niagara Falls' impressive cliffs, more than 600 miles away.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

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

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.