Places ekjackson Wants to Go

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

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

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.