Places marksuz Wants to Go

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This more than a century-old cathedral has seen its fair share of redesigns over the years.

Built after the 1991 discovery of one of the world's most complete T.rex skeletons in the nearby hills.

The most northerly active sand dunes in the world have some very rare botanical residents.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Catch a ride through the Pennsylvania countryside on this historic narrow-gauge railroad.

Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.

These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

This collection of Dwarf beech trees were once believed to be enchanted trolls in disguise.

A small church in Uppsala hides the grave of a renowned 18th-century astronomer.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.