Places michellew Wants to Go

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

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

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

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.