Places howthewestwas1 Wants to Go

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is home to one of Polynesia’s largest petroglyph fields.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.