Places Cyclewithcoffee Wants to Go

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.