Places akriot57 Wants to Go

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.