Places tomod05 Wants to Go

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

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

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.