Places patricklongmire Wants to Go

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

One-layer pyramid in Indiana.