Places gazellegolden Wants to Go

The Australian terminal of the Pacific Cable that linked the continent to North America.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

These tiered rice paddies were carved into the hillsides 2,000 years ago.

Hidden deep within a Filipino jungle is an incredible waterfall that plunges into a dazzling blue-green pool.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

These tracks are believed to be from a panicked dinosaur stampede.

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

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.