West Ballina, Australia
The Big Prawn
There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
West Ballina, Australia
There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.
Astoria, Oregon
A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.
Denver, Colorado
The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).
Denver, Colorado
A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.
Portland, Oregon
These machines have been collecting dust for decades.
Elsie, Oregon
A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.
Klamath County, Oregon
The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Madras, Oregon
An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.
Baker, Nevada
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Cougar, Washington
This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.
Cougar, Washington
The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.
Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France
A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.
Angoville-au-Plain, France
Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.
Baltimore, Maryland
A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.
Washington, D.C.
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
Collodi, Italy
Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.
Washington, D.C.
A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
Vernal, Utah
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Gays, Illinois
This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.