Places kstav Wants to Go

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.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

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

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.