Places Calmmseas Wants to Go

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.