Places thisvanlifeofmine Wants to Go

See the oldest known traditional stone-ground mustard mill at work at this Down East mainstay.

A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.

A rustic house where intellectuals and investors tried to put an end to Cold War nuclear armament.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

Surprising rock art on the Adirondack Scenic Byway.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

The empty town of Scenic, South Dakota, is owned by a church in the Philippines.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

This 35-foot troll in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was made by the world’s leading recycling artist as part of a global fairytale.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Once a mining boom town, Mogollon’s well-preserved buildings are tucked away in the mountains of the Gila National Forest.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.