Places michaelamiller Wants to Go

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

An underwater city for the dead.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.