Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

A desperate final message left by a POW on the run serves as a memorial for himself and the 97 that died with him.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.