Places eljojoe Wants to Go

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

The "Grand Canyon of Southwestern Idaho" makes a spectacular gash across the flat Snake River plain.

An Egyptian-revival style film house in Boise, Idaho.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

Some 46,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption led to a flooding event that carved this short canyon with steep vertical walls.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

The source of America's longest river is also a historical landmark and the start of a famous nude run.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This arch was featured prominently in the film.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.