Places Vaniux Wants to Go

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

A former sanitarium where soldiers were sent to recover in the healing waters of hot springs.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.

This hidden gem along the Utah-Arizona border is truly worth the rugged journey.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.