Places micheleshreeve Wants to Go

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

A lava tube cooled to form this long tunnel that stays chilly even at the height of summer.

One of the few remaining water-driven tool shops, originally built in 1911.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

This hulking rock formation balances on a pedestal that is 3 feet by 17 inches.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.