Places cpalmer007 Wants to Go

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.