Places WanderlustNomad Wants to Go

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

A roadside statue store in rural Minnesota with quirky displays.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

With a 90-foot wingspan, the world’s largest loon sculpture stands outside Allianz Field.

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.