Places escapechaos Wants to Go

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

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

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.