Places clbrmi Wants to Go

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

More than 10,000 small mirrors cover the curved surface of the world's second-largest solar oven, located in a remote village in Uzbekistan.

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.