Places Debby Morris Wants to Go

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A tower that pays homage to local sailors who perished under the waves.

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

A "gateway" into Mexico's northern border, represented by an abstract red tower.

This lake sits on an estimated 4 million tons of salt.

Dedicated to the "King of Soul."