Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

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

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

An underwater city for the dead.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.