Places Willymjr Wants to Go

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

According to legend, King Arthur killed a beast that dwelled beneath the waters of this Welsh lake.

A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

The precious-metals strikes dating back to the 1860s are now mostly inactive, but this area has become the United States' only domestic source of lithium.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

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

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

At 8,000 feet, the world's highest tea estate draws visitors for both its products and its panoramic views.

A breathtaking canyon offers stunning views and frightful pathways through an ecological paradise.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.