Places michaelamiller Wants to Go

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

An unexpected alley with light shows and nature views.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

This old-school soda shop is the home of the Tin Roof Sundae, a concoction dripping in chocolate, marshmallow, and peanuts.

You can stand in three U.S. states at once.

On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

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

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

This gallery is home to everything from antiques, to ancient tribal masks.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.