Places miodek Wants to Go

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

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

A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

People can't get enough of these adorable Japanese photobooths.