Places Collinken Wants to Go

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

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.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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

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

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

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."