Places joannemilne Wants to Go

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

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

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.