Places readayy Wants to Go

A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.

The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.