Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

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

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

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.