Chile
Hand of the Desert
A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Chile
A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Columbia, Missouri
This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
Columbia, Missouri
Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.
Austin, Nevada
This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.
Duffield, Virginia
A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
Nehalem, Oregon
Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."
Pikeville, Tennessee
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
Austin, Nevada
Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Crawfordville, Florida
One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.
Scotland, Maryland
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
Sodus, New York
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Helotes, Texas
Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.
Fayetteville, New York
Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Washington Island, Wisconsin
This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.
Traverse City, Michigan
Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.
Traverse City, Michigan
A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.