Places ericmichaelbraun Wants to Go

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

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

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.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

A replica that won't float away.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.