Places kiesler9 Wants to Go

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Blue-green pools and smooth stones comprise one of Spain’s most idyllic hidden wonders.

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

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

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

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

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.