Places GRH Wants to Go

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.

This magnificent arch is all that remains of a former smelt mill.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

When new viceroys were elected, they passed through this arch to cement the title.

The shiny silver little brother to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

The highest peak in the Jemez Mountains and the traditional center of the Pueblo world.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

The former home of the "Manassa Mauler" is now a museum dedicated to his legendary boxing career.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.