Places kokopoko Wants to Go

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.

Architectural elements and building materials for this house were transported from Salisbury, England.

This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

This town of 100 people has approximately one bronze sculpture for every two residents.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

A delightful Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale experience, not far off the interstate.

After a local English teacher visited Stratford-upon-Avon, she was inspired to create a garden and home in the Bard's honor.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

See how Laura Ingalls lived on the Minnesota prairie.

A Winnebago Tribe collection featuring arrowheads, artwork, and a mysterious rock carving.

Once a thriving town of 100, Argonne was abandoned around 1970.

One dedicated priest constructed this beautiful stone grotto by hand from 1926-1933.

This simple stone monument honors a 19th-century tragedy.

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

1887 era Russian Orthodox church in Minneapolis.