Places sumsci Wants to Go

These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

High seas history comes to life at this immersive museum with an on-site tavern.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A vestige from St. Augustine's First Spanish Period, built from native coquina rock

At this bayside marina, enormous wild tarpon jump out of the water to snatch fish from visitors’ hands.

A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.

Rescued, handpainted reproductions of iconic Francisco Goya paintings, now in a hotel.

Thousands of signed dollar bills turn a simple tavern into a living record of travelers’ comings and goings.

The first musical instrument of its kind to be built in the United States—and the world’s tallest.