Places mbrowne108 Wants to Go

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

At a mile long, the Fort Madison Bridge is the largest double-decker swing-span bridge in the world.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

This century-old painting of a portly 10-foot-tall man spent years hidden behind plaster.

This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.