Places dianesaurus Wants to Go

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.