Places mikswockam Wants to Go

The world’s largest museum dedicated to mining, complete with an underground show cave.

It’s a street without a name, but there is a sign.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

The company moved out of its sprawling headquarters, leaving plenty of traces behind.

On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

According to the local First Nations folklore, this rock was once a man.