Key Biscayne, Florida
Neptune Memorial Reef
An underwater city for the dead.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An underwater city for the dead.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Myanmar
This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Bethesda, Maryland
This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.
Baltimore, Maryland
Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.
Germantown, Maryland
The whole world in one water tank.
Cockeysville, Maryland
Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.
Baltimore, Maryland
This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.
Baltimore, Maryland
George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.