Places carlwh Wants to Go

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

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

An underground city of salt.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

An urban laboratory.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.