Places Kevin OKeeffe Wants to Go

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.

This century-old barn is home to a homey, eclectic film festival.

The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Hunting trophies and antique guns make up the unusual display at this Minnesota bank building.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

See how Laura Ingalls lived on the Minnesota prairie.

An 18th-century Nepali-style chorten built to subdue demons and evil spirits.

According to legend, this temple was built to pin down the body of a demoness who lay across the Himalayas.

The ruins of an abandoned 17th-century fort that was almost completely destroyed by a fire.

One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.

This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.

Legend has it a sacred treasure hidden by an ancient guru was revealed with a burning butter lamp from these waters.

This garden is very fertile.

The largest and, arguably, most scenic fortress in Bhutan.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.