Places Lauren Johnston Wants to Go

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

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

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

Dominican cuisine like your grandma made it—but with teriyaki glazes and hand-rolled cigars.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.