Places Auntie Maim Wants to Go

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This former county courthouse was originally an opulent hotel and entertainment venue.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.

The natural history of Utah is on full display inside this museum.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.