Interesting Places to see and do

[pigfarmer]

My other post title was probably a mistake when I asked for your favorite places. Now I hope you will reply with some of your "Interesting places" to see and do. After about 15+ years of traveling 49 states I have hundreds of them and I'm sure a lot of you have found hidden jewels that you might want to share. Thanks in advance for your replies.

[agesilaus]

Darn I missed that Fallen Roof Ruin this summer. We went up Moki Dugway twice too. And I thought we turned off at every ruin.

BK

[vermilye]

If you are into visiting ruins, I enjoyed Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The ranger led walks to the Long house was great.


If you are willing to go on your own, my favorite is False Kiva at Canyonlands National Park. Ask for directions at the Islands in the Sky Visitor Center:


Two other favorites are in the Cedar Mesa area - House on Fire in Mule Canyon (off UT95 west of Blanding, Utah):


and Fallen Roof Ruin in Road Canyon (about 20 miles north of the Moki Dugway off of UT 261):


Do an internet search for directions for both of these - they are not on well marked trails...

[pigfarmer]

Pendleton, Oregon. Two interesting adventures. #1 underground tour about the early days of the Chinese with their laundries, how they were not allowed above ground and their opium dens showing the wooden blocks they would put their heads on so as to not choke if they were to regurgitate. #2 Tour where they make the expensive Pendleton blankets. Interesting to learn the history of the blankets that are now machine made and not made by Indians for trade.

[pigfarmer]

The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center outside Baker City, Oregon. One could read a thousand history books and never learn as much as they would in a 1 1/2 hour tour of this place. It features what it was really like to travel the Oregon Trail from St. Louis to Oregon City, Oregon. If you are ever anywhere near Baker City if you don't take the time to explore this Interpretive Center, you are doing yourself a dis-justice.

[TenOC]

pigfarmer wrote:
A place of historical interest is Andersonville, GA. A POW camp dating back to the civil war and the World Wars.

I agree. VERY interesting !!!!

[pigfarmer]

The Milwaukee Art Museum. The building itself is a work of art. It has wings that spread out when the museum opens and the wings shut as the museum closes. When it is open it looks like a giant sail boat with Lake Michigan as its back drop. Even if you don't tour the art museum it is worth the time to watch the wings open.

[NCWriter]

pigfarmer wrote:
NCWriter, your interests are very near the same as ours. We've been to all the places you have mentioned other than the Crow Canyon Center and the Anasazi Heritage Center in Delores, Colorado. I wish we had known about them before we visited all the sites. Next time in Colorado we will for sure go to those. Thank you!

You're welcome - we returned for a second trip for many we missed, and I am sure will be back for Round Three. Haven't made it yet to Canyon de Chelly.

My brother told me about Crow Canyon. He has gone a couple of times to spend a week on a dig. The one-day class takes you out to see a dig in progress. CC is near Cortez, and really an interesting place.

You'll like the Anasazi Heritage Center. The BLM had hundreds of archeologists working for years collecting artifacts before the canyons were flooded by the McPhee Reservoir - I read that the DAP (Dolores Archeological Project) was the largest ever in the history of the US. It's the center for Canyons of the Ancients also.

[littlemo]

Dig for Diamonds

The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, AR

If you like Hot Sauce

Watch Blue Angels Practice Awesome!

[D_E_Bishop]

Just a few spots, Scott's Bluff and Chimney Rock NE, Hubble's Trading Post AZ, Isle Royal NP in Lake Superior, Cape Disappointment WA, Ho Rain Forest WA, all the Slick Rock areas in AZ.

I could go on for hours but the DW is calling.

[gloriebkj]

Sunrise from Cadillac Mountain

[Jayco-noslide]

Tour the Winnebago plant in Forest City, Ia.

[magnusfide]

Reenactments, rendevous, pow-wows, folk skills schools, museums themed on our interests. Herself is interested in folk dancing and clogging so we'll be visiting Canada next year for its music, culture, etc. These events are all over the country and an internet search will turn up schedules.

We like places where we can participate in an activity and learn new skills. John C Campbell Folk School is a favorite place for us. They offer classes in music/dance, blacksmithing, woodworking, weaving/fiber arts and much more. All levels, beginners to advanced are offered. We stay at the local campgrounds there. https://www.folkschool.org/ Western NC where the folk school is located has a lot of museums for Appalachian culture and the Cherokee people. Scottish Tartans museum is in Franklin. Massive old growth trees at Joyce Kilmer NF outside of Robbinsville. You could easily spend three weeks in Western NC and not see it all.

Quite a few dutch Oven Gatherings around the nation. I've posted multiple links in the cooking threads of this forum.

[pigfarmer]

NCWriter, your interests are very near the same as ours. We've been to all the places you have mentioned other than the Crow Canyon Center and the Anasazi Heritage Center in Delores, Colorado. I wish we had known about them before we visited all the sites. Next time in Colorado we will for sure go to those. Thank you!

[korbe]

Silver Lake

[NCWriter]

In St. John's, Newfoundland, The Rooms is a museum that tells the story of a fascinating province very effectively.

Near Mesa Verde National Park is the Crow Canyon center where you can take a one-day course and learn all about the Ancestral Puebloans - a GREAT introduction if you plan to visit any Southwestern ruins such as MV, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Hovenweep, etc.

Also near MV in Delores, CO is the BLM's Anasazi Heritage Center, a fascinating place.

Edge of the Cedars State Park in Utah (not a park, but a museum and ruins) is another don't-miss for fans of the Ancestral Puebloans.

Then there are all the Lewis & Clark Museums and sites. Great to climb Pompey's Pillar and see Clark's signature carved into the rock with the date in 1806. And in St. Louis, ride to the top of the arch and see the marvelous museum under it.

A fun thing to do is camp at Wahweap on Lake Powell and see Glen Canyon Dam three ways - on a boat ride into the lake's canyons; on a tour where you walk out onto the dam holding the lake and ride an elevator deep into the base of the dam; and finally, on an easy rafting trip on the Colorado River from the base of the dam to Lee's Ferry.