Places Sandi Hemmerlein Wants to Go

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

A picturesque example of brute-force engineering conquering nature.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

California's first suspension bridge.

A showcase of engineering might that was also symbolic of westward expansion.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

This sanctuary is home to donkeys who finally get to rest after a life of toil.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.