Places engelhardus Wants to Go

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.