Places Michael Barera Wants to Go

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

Only place outside China and India where two overhead DC power lines cross.

The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.

A lonely house representing railroad history tells the stories of those who rode the rails.

This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.