Places mcsoks Wants to Go

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

This depiction of the earth mother welcomes new life into Aurora Highlands.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

The smallest country in the world.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.