Places chopperstephen Wants to Go

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

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

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

This rare and ancient Christian relic is one of Ireland’s oldest freestanding stone crosses.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The man who wasn't there.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.