Places nickblossom Wants to Go

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

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

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

An 18th-century battery complete with original kitchen and garrison.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

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

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

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.