Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

This striking high elevated road snakes downhill between densely packed buildings.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

This family-run roadside motel is an ode to the mid-century motor era.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.

The Ortega family started their iconic food company in this small, adobe kitchen.

Its vast collection details the history of this Santa Barbara beach town.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

A mural and a few historical markers commemorate Denver's once-thriving Chinatown, which was obliterated in a racist riot.

Step back in time at this historic variety store, packed with items from a bygone era.

Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.

An outdoor installation of 20 vintage signs that once hung in front of businesses throughout town.

Saved by the community from destruction, this sign has become a national treasure.

Where hand-pressed burgers meet low-flying planes — a 1950s drive-in shack at the end of an active runway in the Columbia River Gorge, with Mount Hood on one side and Mount Adams on the other.

Raised catwalk walk through the trees alongside a river starting from an abandoned and colorful pumping station.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.