Places samireland Wants to Go

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."