Places samfsm Wants to Go

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

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

In addition to fishing and camping, this spot in Nebraska’s Sandhills is one of the world’s darkest places.

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

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

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.