Places angbk66 Wants to Go

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

New York's oldest magic store.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.