Places happygrim Wants to Go

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

A forest wonderland caused by Burlington, Vermont's aggressive southwestern winds.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

This path is named for a mythical half-boar, half-deer creature that once roamed the Green Mountains.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

Contains a wealth of information about the first exploration and later use of the Green and Colorado Rivers.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

This National Natural Landmark is one of the best examples of a “mass wasting” in the world.

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.