Places poisonbecha Wants to Go

Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.

Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

The Branch Davidian compound known as the Mount Carmel Center became the site of one of the most controversial law enforcement operations in U.S. history.

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

The unique location where the former president was rapidly sworn in.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

See the imprints of ancient trees, burned and preserved by lava.

A startling waterfall, not far from a roadside viewpoint.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This 329-acre nature park is Lake Washington's largest remaining wetland ecosystem.

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.