Places mariska135mm Wants to Go

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.

The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

This volcanically volatile island town is home to an abandoned series of tunnels left by the Japanese during WWII.

Megapodes incubate their eggs using the heat of an active volcano on this Pacific isle.

The surviving remnants of a destroyed medieval church now stand in a public park.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

In the foothills of the lesser Caucasus, a centuries-old fortress still stands.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Definitely not a clown bar.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

One man's goal to be surrounded by color resulted in this enchanting assortment of avian abodes.

This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.