Places sschmit2 Wants to Go

A 1920s navigation arrow for airmail is preserved right off Interstate 80 near the southern edge of the Great Salt Lake

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Experience life in one of America’s smallest neighborhoods.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

Inside this shop, visitors are treated to a unique blend of natural history and art.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

Sip whiskey in a powerhouse that once belonged to a storied hydroelectric dam.

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

One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

Explore the cabin where the famed abolitionist once lived and the site where he fought the Battle of Osawatomie.

Celebrating the cultural heritage of Kansas’s premier cowtown.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.