Places BlueGranite1 Wants to Go

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.