Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

The chiseled jaw of this forgotten American hero still stands tall in a small Indiana town.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

America's first public mental health facility.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.