Places sarahltait Wants to Go

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

Steel rings embedded in rock enable hikers to ascend a picturesque slot canyon in the Mojave Preserve.

Collapsed charcoal kilns in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada.

The buildings around this DePaul University statue create an echo chamber for those standing in the center of the circle.

A free James Turrell artwork all to yourself

The memorial to this brutal battle between the English and the Scots has a surprisingly humble origin.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

The site of the fossilized remains of some of Earth’s earliest primitive, microbial life forms.

A 19th-century California philanthropist is entombed beneath the telescope he funded.

A rare forest habitat nestled behind two sand dunes.

On the site of a former Army ammunition plant, bison now roam a restored sea of grass.

Tucked away in Seward Park is Seattle’s only old-growth forest.

Wander around the extensive remains of this 12th-century medieval church.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

It's a breathing museum, where you get to breathe along with stunning immersive textile light art.

A fur trade museum in western Nebraska stands on the reconstructed footprint of a 19th-century trading post.

At this leafy estate, one man’s passion for trees grew into Arbor Day.

The only perennial creek in the Mojave Preserve is also the site of an 1860s fort.

Make a joyful noise with these contrabass chimes.

This 19th century wooden span is one of only four retractile bridges in the United States.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

This is the last surviving Bollman truss bridge in the world.

Site of the longest gun battle in FBI history.