Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Tor House and Hawk Tower
One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.
Sparks, Nevada
The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.
Reno, Nevada
This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.
Reno, Nevada
This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.
Reno, Nevada
What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.
Chimney Rock, Colorado
Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.
Center, Colorado
One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.
Moab, Utah
A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.
Moab, Utah
It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.
Durango, Colorado
This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.
Durango, Colorado
A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Bailey, Colorado
This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.
Breckenridge, Colorado
A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.
Breckenridge, Colorado
The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.
Pagosa Springs, Colorado
No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.
Alamosa County, Colorado
A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.