Places happygrim Wants to Go

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

This rail trail culminates in a three-mile land bridge only accessible to cyclists and pedestrians.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.

A desert journey through atomic history.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Dive into an undersea optical illusion off the coast of Mauritius.

Located on Guam's south shore, this small cave is named for an ancient and powerful Chamorro Chief.

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

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

This small museum is dedicated to the history of Havana and Florida's once-booming tobacco industry.

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

This creative sculpture was a way to "recycle" an old tree.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

Tucked away in Jacksonville's oldest neighborhood, this museum stands as a repository and celebration of outsider art.