Places arod8205 Wants to Go

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.