Places Willymjr Wants to Go

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

The rocks exposed at Valley of Fire State Park also occur in a much less known but equally spectacular area a few miles to the southwest.

Rocky outcrops containing overhangs, caves, fissures, clefts, and alcoves that invite exploration and scrambling.

These oddly shaped pink granite formations got their name after being mistaken for massive piles of hay.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

This massive work of art is five stories high and 120 feet long.

Lady LeWinDa Milkzalot showcases Lewis County's dairy farming heritage and boasts an impressive rotation of seasonal outfits.

Nobody's quite sure who erected this monument marking the spot where a gray wolf was shot and killed.

Restoring faith in humanity one pie at a time by selling stellar baked goods on an honor system.

This 15-foot-tall sculpture stands vigil at the back entrance to the largest public park in western Massachusetts.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

Dozens of bronze sculptures are woven into the landscape along this trail.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

What was once a summer home next to a waterfall has now become littered with graffiti and children in swimsuits.

Once the smallest park in the national system.