Places Tometheus Wants to Go

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

This incredibly diverse research station is one of the largest tropical botanical gardens in the world.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Could it have picked a better place to land?

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

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

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.