Places FiZ Wants to Go

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

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

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.