Places tessjen Wants to Go

One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.

Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.

A rocky shelter in the desert hides one of the largest concentrations of cave paintings in Mexico.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.

The world's longest known cave system.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.