Places Jochen Duckeck Wants to Go

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.