Places mfoster42 Wants to Go

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

Make it an offering.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.