Places goingtoreno Wants to Go

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Erosion has transformed this sandstone boulder into a massive dune-filled cavern.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

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

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

An abandoned early 20th-century gold mine in a spectacular setting overlooking Bridgeport Valley and the Sierra Nevada.

Bodie's 20th-century rival was a paragon of respectability and calm—but the mines eventually ran dry.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.