Places Michael K Wants to Go

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

This 35-foot troll in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was made by the world’s leading recycling artist as part of a global fairytale.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This cave column thousands of feet below the earth’s surface is rightly named for one of the most colorful park rangers in history.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

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

This historic house was the birthplace and childhood home of the 35th president of the United States.