Places mynameisnotlinda Wants to Go

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

An underwater city for the dead.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.