Places semken Wants to Go

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

A beautiful little bookshop located in the middle of a desert.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

This small archipelago in northern Lake Superior was formed by a massive meteorite impact 450 million years ago.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

This elegant carving of the Buddha guards a small Buddhist temple within a cave.

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

Once an ancient Roman bath, now a hotbed of geothermal energy and a hub for energetic innovations.

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

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

A seven-story wooden coal tipple stands this former mine, the last of many that once covered this area.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian Badlands.

Not for the faint of heart, this long pedestrian bridge rewards those who brave the wobbly walk with a beautiful view.