Places lesliebergmann Wants to Go

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

Line up for ample portions of freshly caught whitefish, walleye, and perch from the Great Lakes.

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

As Ernest Hemingway scribbled notes for stories, he left a lasting impression on this bar: a charred hole where he extinguished his cigars.

The renowned author spent 22 summers of his early life along the shore of Walloon Lake.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Previously a hot spring, this park remains a site of unique history, wildlife, and geology.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

First Joe Pagac sculpture; sculpture reflects native Tucson wildlife in an urban setting.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

An homage to the pointers and retrievers that have long been a hunter's best friend.

This lake in northwest Iran has started turning from green to red more frequently than scientists are comfortable with.

This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.

Full-sized barn houses many restored instruments.