Places lina Wants to Go

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

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

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

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

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.