Places Brett Iredell Wants to Go

A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.

The evolution of a simple creek cutting its way through an ochre mountain side.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

One of the earliest—and most commonly forgotten—acts of rebellion against English rule.

A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.

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

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

A mere dot on the map in the great north woods is the first place in America to vote in Presidential elections.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

This door in the old residential area of Guadalajara hides several communist motifs.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

This church houses the tomb—but not the remains—of St. Nicholas, the likely progenitor to Santa Claus.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.