Places j3taylor Wants to Go

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

Florida’s largest fish hatchery features aquariums, fishing ponds, and local taxidermy.

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.

Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

This hidden gem along the Utah-Arizona border is truly worth the rugged journey.

This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

This natural sandstone bridge hasn't been seen since the 1960s when Lake Powell covered it—until now.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

Beehive charcoal kilns and slag deposits mark this late 19th century camp centered on a smelter.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

Where mountaineers were checked for lice before entering the city.

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.

A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.

Archaeologists believe this panel of petroglyphs depicting descending sheep and other figures in Glen Canyon are 3,000 to 6,000 years old.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

A mosaic map made of over 100,000 tiles depicts the geological features and sea creatures that live along this San Diego beachside community.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.