Places engelhardus Wants to Go

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

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

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Inside this garden, visitors are offered a glimpse into how inhabitants of the region survived centuries ago.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

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

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.

An out of this world experience.

This massive, ancient canal system was built using only sticks and stones.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

It is the only marker for one of the most famous hate crimes in American history. There are no other memorials for him in the entire state.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.

On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.