Places biancac Wants to Go

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

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

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

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

A stargazing sculpture made from the ruins of an iconic telescope.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

This is one really big nut.

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

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.