Dripping Springs, Texas
Hamilton Pool
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Joshua Tree, California
An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.
Johannesburg, California
The liveliest ghost town in the state.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Joshua Tree, California
While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Lhasa, Tibet
Described as "the world's most blinging pool."
Paro, Bhutan
The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.
Alxa, China
The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.