Places denycia Wants to Go

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

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

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

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

An underwater city for the dead.

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.