Portland, Oregon
Cathedral Park
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Portland, Oregon
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
Casa Grande, Arizona
An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
Springdale, Utah
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.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.