Places Ivan66 Wants to Go

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.