Places dbsibert Wants to Go

Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Thousands of hats, pens, and pencils, hanging inside the walls of a former church.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

The pillar of this bridge contains a small home and underneath, a ballroom.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Its collection highlights the monumental tasks undertaken to map Queensland.

An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.

This natural sandstone bridge hasn't been seen since the 1960s when Lake Powell covered it—until now.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

An unusual snaking bank of boulders caused by longshore drift.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.