Places pierro69740 Wants to Go

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.