Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A monk spent 14 years carving steps through tuff to make this religious site more accessible to pilgrims.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.