Places schodek Wants to Go

Scenic semi-abandoned bridge with easy access

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

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

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

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

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.