Places Cshadow23 Wants to Go

This church was constructed by a shipbuilder and designed like an upside-down boat.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

A picturesque (all-natural!) beach in a landlocked state.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

Colorado's oldest church is now home to the largest handmade adobe labyrinth in the world.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

It is intended to take one back to a stripped-down simplicity, to spend extended time both inside and out, and absorb the natural drama of the Upper Rio Grande Valley.

The worst road in Colorado is the main gateway to some of its highest peaks.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

Spectacular 300-foot cliffs in a lush mountain canyon.