Places hwalker587 Wants to Go

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

What is the Thing?

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.