Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

Discovered on a shipwreck after more than 400 years, this Renaissance ratter tells a very waggly tale.

Once a bridge over the River Begej, now high and dry.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

This historical village takes you back to the 19th century.

A beautiful, historic location open to the public.

This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.