Places chrissyml Wants to Go

Final resting places of a husband and wife who became famous for their claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

The gravestones in this historic cemetery are carved with mysterious faces.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.