Places iolson1220 Wants to Go

Dozens of elaborate works of automotive art have been preserved at this Arizona museum.

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, this park remembers the famous raid of General Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his soldiers.

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.