Places solarconstant Wants to Go

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

This 19th-century religious artwork was once highly controversial—because it was donated to the church by a divorcee.

A replica that won't float away.

The highest peak in Puerto Rico is home to a rare fern that can only be found on six trees at its summit.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.