Places mreniche Wants to Go

This lake sits on an estimated 4 million tons of salt.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

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

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

This is one really big nut.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.