Places peapodpr Wants to Go

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

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

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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