Places RouteDown Wants to Go

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.