Places Shiv Wants to Go

This unique rock formation has become a popular walking trail.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

In a historic steel foundry east of the Mississippi River, thousands of wooden crates hold the architectural remnants of buildings long gone but not forgotten.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

This magnificent arch is all that remains of a former smelt mill.

Two craters, which probably erupted within the last 1,500 years and are now filled by alkaline lakes, represent Nevada's youngest known volcanic activity.

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

One of the youngest volcanic eruption sites in Australia.

A geological wonder shrouded in myth.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

Impressive sink holes fill this untouched old-growth forest in the Bahamas.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

The well-preserved remnants of a bridge that once made up a WW1-era military railroad.

More than a century old, this cast iron bridge on the Balmoral Estate leads to nowhere.