Posts tagged #travel — Page 5

A roadside pull-off at 7,562 feet on Nevada Highway 431 with one of the best panoramic views of Lake Tahoe — two dozen parking spots, zero admission, infinite sky.

A trip to the Great Smoky Mountains, the most visited national park in the country, where layers of blue-hazed ridgelines stretch to the horizon and old-growth forest fills every hollow.

A perfectly flat expanse of salt stretching to the horizon in every direction — one of the most surreal landscapes in North America, where the ground looks like snow and the sky reflects in the surface like water.

A 32-story steel pyramid on the Memphis riverfront that now holds a Bass Pro megastore, a cypress swamp, a bowling alley, live alligators, and a hotel inside the apex.

On the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, Sand Harbor is a boulder-strewn beach with water so clear you can see the bottom at 20 feet — the kind of lake view that makes you question every other lake you've ever seen.

A 53-foot waterfall tucked inside a park in the middle of Minneapolis — an unexpected natural landmark in an urban setting, with a creek gorge trail that makes you forget you're in a city.

Four miles of iconic casino hotels, Cirque shows, rooftop pools, and the Bellagio fountains — the Strip distilled into one long walk you will not forget.

Las Vegas in June — the Strip at night, the desert heat, the casinos, and the particular energy of a city that operates at full volume around the clock.

One of the oldest and tallest active lighthouses on the Great Lakes, built in 1880 on Lake Michigan north of Racine — tours available and the grounds are always open.