Places semken Wants to Go

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

The world’s largest underground marble quarry is hiding in Vermont.

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 cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

This terrifying glass bridge on the side of a mountain cracks as you step on it.