Places nsta22 Wants to Go

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A damaged tree turned into a whimsical giant pencil that is sharpened each year.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.