Places joparkman Wants to Go

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The easternmost point of Hawai'i plays a prominent role in local legends and is home to a lighthouse that survived a lava flow.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is home to one of Polynesia’s largest petroglyph fields.

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

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

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.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

This park commemorates the birthplace and legacy of the brothers who authored a song that has come to be known as the Black National Anthem.

The largest sand dune in Florida sits inside the state's first Black-owned beach.

Step into the past and experience what life was once like in the Sunshine State.

This central Florida farm is the largest producer of these little golden fruits in the United States.

Florida’s largest fish hatchery features aquariums, fishing ponds, and local taxidermy.

Explore the history of printing in this unique museum owned by a longtime printer.

This general store is stocked with memorabilia from the 1930s onward—almost none of it for sale.

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.