Places willdamron1995 Wants to Go

This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

Blink and you’ll miss it—the tiniest street in America packs a lot of charm into just a few steps.

At this bayside marina, enormous wild tarpon jump out of the water to snatch fish from visitors’ hands.

A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.

Thousands of signed dollar bills turn a simple tavern into a living record of travelers’ comings and goings.

A sandstone canyon wilderness with a history of outlaws, mysterious disappearances, and a UFO encounter.

After emancipation, former slaves paved the roads of their newly built settlement with these bricks.

An old adobe structure first built in the 1890s is a desert watering hole plastered with dollar bills and odd West Texas finds.

A beautiful piece of history in a very remote area that allowed ranchers to move their herds.

A century-old wooden walkway where artists and free spirits have built a funky, countercultural main street.

A blufftop prairie and limestone cliff with 30-mile views across two great rivers and prime bald eagle territory.

On the site of a former Army ammunition plant, bison now roam a restored sea of grass.

An Illinois prairie preserve where the real show begins after sunset.

A sandstone corridor so narrow that it feels like the wilderness closing in on itself.

A neglected and disused parking garage ramp has become home street artists to share their art.

This roadside establishment in between Houston and the Louisiana border has the largest alligator in captivity

A 700+ seat, all-marble, classical-styled open-air amphitheater in northeast Connecticut.

Finished in December of 1906, it was the longest rail viaduct in the United States and the third longest of its kind in the world at that time.

This stately brick building once provided supplies and equipment to lighthouses across the northeast during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Originally known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Norristown, this campus stands as a fascinating piece of medical history.

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

This dam is part of the nation’s largest public power producer and a historic steward of Hiwassee River.

West African flavors shine at this unassuming strip mall spot in southwest Houston.

Viet-Cajun is a true hybrid cuisine that evolved in Houston and at this Asiatown mainstay, there’s more to it than just crawfish.