Places McCrisa Wants to Go

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.