Places onoma Wants to Go

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."