Places hnraque Wants to Go

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Home of mutant livestock.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

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

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.