Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

The 3.8 billion-year-old rock proves that tectonic plates may have been shifting longer than we thought.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

A Texas landowner spelled out his name with three miles of trees, a giant signature that's been used by NASA to evaluate satellite imagery.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

The overgrown ruins of this once majestic castle sit forlornly in the Scottish countryside.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

Named for its similarity to the tip of a violin's bow, this striking formation was created by millions of years of erosion.

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.