Places j3taylor Wants to Go

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

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

These 100-year-old tunnels in downtown Provo house artists, restaurants, and a few surprises.

A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.

This L.A. fixture has been serving hot dogs out of a giant hot dog since 1946.

The Catlins region has a bounty of breathtaking waterfalls, the best is arguably Koropuku Falls—a majestic waterfall with an enchanting bush walk.