Places ambernz Wants to Go

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

Start your morning off with an epic food crawl in this market east of Oaxaca’s historic center.

A modern feminist movement has brought to life the mural that machismo once denied to artist María Izquierdo.

Step past a rainbow of Oaxacan nightshades for a menu of regional moles worthy of weddings and funerals.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

Dine on funerary beans alongside off-duty lucha libre wrestlers at this legume-centric spot near Museo Rufino Tamayo.

Don’t be surprised if you run into some of Oaxaca’s top chefs in line at this family run taco stop.

A hiking area billed as a possible home to Bigfoot.