Places DrJennT Wants to Go

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

This is one really big nut.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

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

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

This roadside park filled with unusual statues is on the grounds of an abandoned railway station.