Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Every winter, this tiny islet on Florida’s Gulf Coast is swarmed by some of the largest birds on the continent.

At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.

A geothermal pool in North Iceland that is said to be the bathing spot of the legendary Grettir the Strong.

Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

Amphibious mascots display a quirkier side to this luxury hotel's rich history.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

Once the smallest park in the national system.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

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

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.

A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.