Places Kelly Catalfamo Wants to Go

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

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

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

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

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

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

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.