Places Gray Wants to Go

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

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.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

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

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.