Places Ckorear512 Wants to Go

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

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

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.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.