Yosemite National Park, California
Horsetail Fall's Firefall
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Silver Lake, Oregon
A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.
Port Renfrew, British Columbia
Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.
Nunavut
Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.
Tobermory, Ontario
Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.
Northwest Territories
A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.
Deep River, Connecticut
The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.
British Columbia, Canada
This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.
Tlell, British Columbia
The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.
Tlell, British Columbia
Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.
The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.
Butte, Montana
High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.
Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
Los Lunas, New Mexico
On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.