Places Jordan Duffy Wants to Go

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

This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

The morning of January 9, 1965, over 46 million cubic meters of earth, rock, and snow broke free, obliterating a section of the highway below.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

A board game enthusiast's love for the game, memorialized forever.

This old Soviet gas station is in perfect condition, one of the best-preserved mosaics in the country.

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.