Places dapolzin Wants to Go

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

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

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.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

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

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.