Places lelandbuck Wants to Go

This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

Around the perimeter of San Francisco’s second-largest park is a meandering 2.7-mile path designed to inspire contemplation.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

This site was a school and a center of Japanese-American life before internment.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.

You might recognize this historic Oregon mansion from its appearance in 'The Goonies.'

Hundreds of painted rocks dazzle this small beach where adding your own is encouraged.