Places butterflywings Wants to Go

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

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

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

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

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.