Places StepYoshi Wants to Go

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.