Places eschreiber Wants to Go

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

The site of the "Bone Wars" between two rival paleontologists during the dinosaur rush of the 19th century.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

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

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

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.