Places adamU Wants to Go

This small fort played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.

Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.