Places dptaylor Wants to Go

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

An amazing example of early-20th-century architecture, this church features marble transported from Utah.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.