Places AceOfCups Wants to Go

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.