Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

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

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.