Places Ckorear512 Wants to Go

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.

Once the extravagant escape of the Ford family, this enigmatic ruin now stands as a haunting reminder of its former glory.

It’s hard to believe this hostile landscape was once a health resort.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

This small museum inside a larger sports complex honors the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., and his life of achievement and struggle.

This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

This natural sandstone bridge hasn't been seen since the 1960s when Lake Powell covered it—until now.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.