Places barrymitchellpe Wants to Go

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

The world's longest known cave system.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

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

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

This stucco building in North Africa was the first American-owned property on foreign soil.