Places avexplore Wants to Go

An improbable set of attractive limestone caverns forms the centerpiece of Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

Steel rings embedded in rock enable hikers to ascend a picturesque slot canyon in the Mojave Preserve.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Enjoy the cutest cafe experience outdoors.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

The junction point of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, resurveyed and remonumented in 2016

An improbable sinkhole in the sediments flanking the Beaver Dam Mountains.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

Built at the turn of the 20th century, using bricks made and fired from clay found on the property.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

This log cabin is all that remains from the first European settlement in Utah