Places lizsullivan Wants to Go

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Once a home for cows and hay, this barn has been transformed into an event cathedral.

The plants form a living library and laboratory for researchers and students at Michigan State University.

It leads to a former hospital’s old root cellar.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

Every winter, water dripping from a pole creates an ever-changing ice sculpture.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

World's largest Christmas store.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.