Places tishtishtish Wants to Go

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

In 1838, 859 Potawatomi Indians were forcibly removed from their village to begin a grueling march to Kansas. This location marks the first death.

Tucked away near Gainesville, Lubee Bat Conservancy invites visitors to discover the surprising personalities of giant fruit bats while learning how protecting these misunderstood animals helps preserve forests around the world.

A turn-of-the-century agricultural architecture movement turned out to be a fad that caught on the strongest near Rochester, Indiana.

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

Beautiful quilts displayed in the former home of a quilting pioneer.

Amid miles of wooded trails lies the story of one of America’s earliest free Black communities.

Each tide uncovers a shoreline where Virginia’s prehistoric past washes up.

A windswept sandstone overlook offers sweeping views across an ancient plateau.

This mechanical marvel is a 24-hour cheese vending machine, holding freshly made cheeses from the internationally acclaimed Perrystead Dairy.

There is no other town or city in the world with the name Swayzee

This sculpture with hundreds of details made from corn dough was named the largest tortilla in the world in 2013

A beloved postmaster’s lonely walk home ended in a wooded ambush

Drive or walk through part of a former medieval monastery

Berlin’s "Gallic Village" of the Far-Left: The COOP Anti-War Café

The birthplace of the beloved colorful crayons right in downtown Easton

A volcanic spur of Lake Tahoe wrapped in Washoe sacred stories and road tunnels

A reconstructed historical park where a treaty was signed in 1826 between the United States government and the Miami and Potawatomi Indian tribes

A park full of giant teddy bear statues was an anonymous gift to its host city

A 1850s pioneer village and interactive museum detail the history of the Wabash Canal in Indiana.

An art gallery/gift shop that feels like Tim Burton, Pee Wee Herman, and Jim Henson combined!

Small indie movie theater that shows documentaries and unique films and has a cocktail bar with great drinks.

An enormous mural of a leaping orca painted on a fuel tank at a remote Antarctic base.