Seattle, Washington
Gum Wall
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Ashland, Oregon
Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.
Daggett, California
Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.
Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Nevada City, California
The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Yosemite National Park, California
A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Safford, Arizona
One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Las Vegas, Nevada
James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Mayer, Arizona
An urban laboratory.
Kaycee, Wyoming
The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.