Places daratheodora Wants to Go

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

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

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.