Places marksuz Wants to Go

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.