Places CuriousMichele Wants to Go

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

The smallest country in the world.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.