Places BackAlleySally Wants to Go

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

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

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

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

A unique outdoor timepiece at a "clothing-optional" resort.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

A 1930’s courtroom where John Dillinger and his gang went before a judge.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.