Places jlati26 Wants to Go

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

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

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

An underground wonderland in Iowa.

The most easily accessible intact vertical mine shaft structure remaining in the Red Mountain Mining District.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

Stroll among more than 50 large-scale sculptures created by world-class artists.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

More than five miles of underground passageways.