Places jonahying Wants to Go

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

This abandoned building with a murky history has been both a school and a prison.

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

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Spectacular volcanic cliffs along the Crooked River invite hiking, rock climbing, and photography.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

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

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.