Places causeiwander Wants to Go

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

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

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

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.