Places shakespeareternal Wants to Go

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

A replica that won't float away.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.