Places jodio1963 Wants to Go

A haunting memorial to Africans kidnapped and lost at sea during the slave trade.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

An out of this world experience.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

This bright and bubbly Palm Springs hotel was the brainchild of an iconic drag queen.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.