Places shelski182 Wants to Go

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

A photogenic rock-art site that is also a popular climbing and canyoneering area.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.