Places juliemw80 Wants to Go

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

In addition to fishing and camping, this spot in Nebraska’s Sandhills is one of the world’s darkest places.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

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

The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.

This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

This largest dinosaur tracksite in Wyoming is one of the only in the world from the Middle Jurassic Period.

This 35-foot troll in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was made by the world’s leading recycling artist as part of a global fairytale.

With a 90-foot wingspan, the world’s largest loon sculpture stands outside Allianz Field.

The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

Home to the abandoned Tioronda Hat Works Factory, this park is a combination of woodlands and marshlands.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.