Places micheleshreeve Wants to Go

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.

After this century-old bridge collapsed, volunteers rebuilt it in a new location.

Striking natural chalk bluffs that rise dramatically along the Tombigbee River.

This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.