Places educatorclaire Wants to Go

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.