Places Kelsey Kennedy Wants to Go

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.