Places jddarcy Wants to Go

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A local prank turned town icon.

In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.

This large chunk of dark rock is a relic from an ancient volcanic eruption.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The world's largest collection of historic U.S. military naval vessels.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.