Places Michael K Wants to Go

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

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

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The natural history of Utah is on full display inside this museum.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.