Places Roko Wants to Go

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

This stone, said to have once been a young woman, is sacred to the Dakota and Lakota nations.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.

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

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

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

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

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 community-funded monument to kindness in the face of life's difficulties.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.