Places The Donut Guy Wants to Go

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

This canyon is named for a unique geologic formation where the river vanishes underground near the mouth of the canyon and reappears farther down.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

In Mumbai, a bright blue synagogue is the largest one for the Baghdadi Jewish community in Asia.

Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.