Places BlueGranite1 Wants to Go

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.