Places christabelle01 Wants to Go

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A small space-exploration exhibit hidden in a hotel.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

Ten acres of the Kula Forest Reserve make up this wondrous state park.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.