Places chrystalnause Wants to Go

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

A symbol of Texas pride.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.

There are no bodies inside these stone coffins. And there never were.

In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.

This impressive ledge seems to float above the Upper Buffalo Wilderness.

The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.

These waterfalls can be twins or triplets, depending on how much it's rained recently.

The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.

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

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.