Places MarilynR Wants to Go

A copy of the famous bus used during the filming of 'Into the Wild' is on display at an Alaska brewery.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

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

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

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

What is the Thing?

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.