Washington, D.C.
National Bonsai Museum
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Chicago, Illinois
A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Phoenix, Arizona
A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.
Florence, Colorado
This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
San Francisco, California
A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.
Los Angeles, California
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.
Portland, Oregon
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
New York, New York
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
Los Angeles, California
A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.
Clackamas County, Oregon
Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.
Casa Grande, Arizona
An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.