Places conordgallagher Wants to Go

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.

The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'