Places WhimsicalbyShelley Wants to Go

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

Wild seas have created two spectacular formations just a stone's throw away from each other.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

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

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.