Places jddarcy Wants to Go

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

This giant satellite antenna services the transmission needs of government agencies and cable programmers.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

Just off the road outside Baguio, a gigantic lion's head carved into a mountain greets those driving by.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

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

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

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.