Melbourne, Australia
Captain Cook's Cottage
The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Vernon, Florida
Vernon, Florida
For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
New River Gorge Bridge
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Keene Valley, New York
Mount Marcy
The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.
Cleveland, Ohio
‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Sibley, Iowa
Hawkeye Point
The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.
Bowman, North Dakota
White Butte
This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
Devils Tower
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Keystone, South Dakota
Black Elk Peak
The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."
Wall, South Dakota
Wall Drug
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Bayard, Nebraska
Chimney Rock
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Panorama Point
Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Manitou Incline
This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Mecca, California
Salton Sea
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Bombay Beach, California
Bombay Beach
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Niland, California
East Jesus
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Calipatria, California
Slab City
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Calipatria, California
Salvation Mountain
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Calipatria, California
Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field
Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.
San Simeon, California
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
San Luis Obispo, California
The Bells of El Camino Real
A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."
