Places maxsmaller Wants to Go

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

This serene, turquoise lake in an extraordinary nature reserve showcases a rare natural phenomenon.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

The hottest place on the planet.

The highest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.