Places hollylyny Wants to Go

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

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

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

Hundreds of painted rocks dazzle this small beach where adding your own is encouraged.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.