Places ddarksword Wants to Go

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

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

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

Destructive children, start your engines.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.