Santa Fe, New Mexico
Palace of the Governors
The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Lumpkin, Georgia
Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Crawfordville, Florida
One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.
Clinton, South Carolina
Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.
Walhalla, South Carolina
A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.
Gainesville, Florida
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Nevada City, California
The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.
Vantage, Washington
An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.
White Pine County, Nevada
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
Kearney, Missouri
One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.
Cairo, Illinois
The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Florence, Oregon
The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.
Lake Itasca, Minnesota
At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.
Kansasville, Wisconsin
The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.
Lewes, Delaware
World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.
Karnack, Texas
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Port Townsend, Washington
An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.
Pensacola, Florida
One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.
Ekalaka, Montana
This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.
Chatsworth, Georgia
The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.