Places goingtoreno Wants to Go

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

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

In addition to fishing and camping, this spot in Nebraska’s Sandhills is one of the world’s darkest places.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

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

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

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

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.