Places asdonkar Wants to Go

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

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

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.