Places jamesarvidson Wants to Go

The first of the iconic American roadside attractions lives on as a college mascot.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

You might want to bring a rain jacket to this travertine triple waterfall.

This memorial pays homage to Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients.

A picturesque (all-natural!) beach in a landlocked state.

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.

Colorado's oldest church is now home to the largest handmade adobe labyrinth in the world.

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

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

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

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.