Xilitla, Mexico
Las Pozas
Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Xilitla, Mexico
Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.
Laupahoehoe, Hawaii
The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.
Jarbidge, Nevada
One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.
Elko, Nevada
This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.
Tonopah, Nevada
An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.
Tonopah, Nevada
The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Esmeralda County, Nevada
This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!
Spanish Fork, Utah
Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.
Nye County, Nevada
The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Green River, Utah
A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.
Thompson, Utah
A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.
Thompson Springs, Utah
Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Moab, Utah
A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.
Providenciales and West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
This island hill is strewn with boulders carved by shipwreck victims from the age of sail.
Long Bay Hills, Turks and Caicos Islands
A sinkhole known simply as "The Hole."