Places engelhardus Wants to Go

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Two well-preserved charcoal kilns survive in a remote part of eastern Nevada.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

The oldest standing building in Las Vegas was established by Mormon settlers.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

This spectacular fault escarpment, a popular hang-glider launch point, extends some 30 miles long and towers about 2,500 feet over the valley floors to the west.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

A small Oregon museum is filled with a robust history.

Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.