Places mchaffin Wants to Go

Though it's no longer a functioning train depot, this castle-like structure is an important piece of Oklahoma history.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

This gravestone tells the tragic tale of its occupant's death.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.

At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

The world's only surviving heavy cruiser has a haunting history.

The first mountain submarine had its initial and last voyage in 1898.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.

Dating back to the Pre-Roman Iron Age, this piece of bread is Europe's oldest surviving formed bakery product.

This family of wooden moose statues have become local celebrities in their hometown.

War prevented this Polish composer's body from being returned to his home country for 51 years. Though his ashes eventually made it home, his heart stayed behind.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

The haunting remains of a World War I fort perched atop a mountain.