Places melindac Wants to Go

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

An out of this world experience.

The exit of the largest prisoner-of-war escape attempt on American soil during World War II.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A spectrum of colors awaits visitors to one of Mexico's most gorgeous bodies of water.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.