Places BlackCloud Wants to Go

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

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

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

Outsider Art Community.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.