Places solarconstant Wants to Go

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

The world's largest natural arch was forgotten for over 50 years after its discovery.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

These muddy eruptions are less deadly than actual volcanoes but also more holy.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

This medieval fortification has weathered the centuries better than any other structure from its era.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.