Places j3taylor Wants to Go

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

In one of the hottest parts of the Mojave Desert, shallow bedrock forces the typically dry Mojave River to the surface in this canyon, providing a vital oasis for humans and wildlife.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

Built to hold Gold Rush wealth, this building has withstood the test of time.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.