Places WanderingKat Wants to Go

A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

These waterfalls can be twins or triplets, depending on how much it's rained recently.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.