Places elvenking42 Wants to Go

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

This sculpture depicting the history of Maryport turns into a light show at night.

This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

This now abandoned arch bridge was constructed during the Great Depression.

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

In the middle of a barren desert, a massive, solitary rocky thumb juts out.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

This "railway" for boats continues a waterway over a road.

A mosaic made of materials gathered from this Brooklyn community adorns the walls of this tunnel.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.