Places byorgason Wants to Go

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

What better place to take a seat?

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.