Places peter2guerin Wants to Go

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.