Places nejuum Wants to Go

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

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

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.