Places Jared Steed Wants to Go

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin all slept at this humble inn.

The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton.

Young Emmett Till's tragic story, which sparked America's civil rights movement, is retold near the site where it occurred.

The oldest city park in Walla Walla is home to hundreds of birds, from wood ducks to white peacocks.

The world's first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary is a haven for New Zealand's rare and endangered species.

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

Dedicated to extinct passenger pigeons.

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

The world's largest collection of historic U.S. military naval vessels.

This small museum inside a larger sports complex honors the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., and his life of achievement and struggle.

A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.

The grounds of former plantations where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her youth enslaved are now a museum to her incredible life.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, this was the former home of the Marshal of Gravity and the site of his tragic death.

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

For many years, the river that Julius Caesar led his army across into Italy was lost until re-identified.

A small museum built by a family that survived the Siege of Sarajevo.

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

This vessel is the final ocean-going paddle steamer in the world.

The head of a legendary creature allegedly killed during colonial times is now on display at a local restaurant.

This large stone residence served as a field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg between stints as a tavern.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.