Places kseetal Wants to Go

The site of a devastating modern-day mud volcano eruption that buried parts of a village.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

Above Breckenridge, a destructive mining technique sits sunken in a small pond.

A palatial art deco restroom.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.