Places Michael K Wants to Go

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

Once the smallest park in the national system.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.