Places ciffergan Wants to Go

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.