Places acrig Wants to Go

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Every winter, this tiny islet on Florida’s Gulf Coast is swarmed by some of the largest birds on the continent.

Known as the most resilient water tower in the region.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

A telegraph station used to send information from Cuba to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.

Long before Europeans arrived, Native Americans built an artificial island out of shells that has withstood a millennia of hurricanes.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.