13 Places Where You Can Connect with the Universe

1. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida. At the Visitor Complex, you can meet an astronaut, sit in a shuttle that traveled in outer space, and train in a flight simulator.

2. Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, Huntsville, Alabama. Enroll in Space Camp, where multi-day programs for children and adults cover space-related themes such as robotics, aviation, and technology.

3. Zero-G Experience, various U.S. locations. Flying in a specially modified Boeing 727, you’ll feel what it’s like to exist without gravity.

4. Disneyland, Anaheim, California. At the new Galaxy’s Edge, a 14-acre Star Wars–inspired theme area, you can live out your sci-fi dreams and pilot the Millennium Falcon into hyperspace.

5. Delphi, Greece. Wander through the archaeological site that ancient Greeks believed to be the center of the universe.

6. Iceland. Head off in a 4x4 to explore the Highlands, which scientists say closely resemble the geography on Mars.

7. International UFO Museum and Research Center, Roswell, New Mexico. Learn about the 1947 Roswell Incident and more.

8. Wycliffe Well, Australia. Keep an eye on the sky in this tiny northern town, known as one of the top UFO-spotting places on the planet.

9. Pingualuit Crater, Quebec, Canada. Hike the rim of this 1,300-foot-deep crater, now a lake, which was formed when a meteor crashed into earth about 1.4 million years ago.

10. Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Joshua Tree, California. Experience a week-long training program for making contact with beings from other worlds.

11. Sunset Inn and Suites, Clinton, Illinois. A Space Odyssey suite offers a round spaceship bed, a triangular Jacuzzi, and enough fluorescent strip lighting to have you believe you’re flying into space.

12. Antarctica. Dry lakebeds, barren expanses of land, and icy regions are the best places to find meteorites—and Antarctica is where the most meteorites have been found.

13. Nazca Lines, southern Peru. Take a flight over these enormous geoglyphs, estimated to be at least 1,500 years old. One theory is that they relate to the position that constellations rise on dates that were significant to the Nazca people.