Places j3taylor Wants to Go

Vulture Mine was Arizona’s most productive gold mine, and instrumental to the development of Phoenix.

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.

Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp’s brother, is among those buried here.

This distinctive lighthouse with an iron skeleton is one of the tallest on the East Coast.

A beautiful window with the old Tesla Radio company logo.

This viaduct looks more like something from a Victorian dream.

The world’s second-largest flood defense barrier has protected London for decades.

This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.

Tatsuo Miyajima shares a philosophical appreciation for life with the latest human technologies.

Get up close to a life-sized model of a spent-fuel dry cask and learn how Arizona’s largest power plant operates in a desert.

This park is home to all 8 swan species, and also has extensive plantings of Japanese Iris.

An ancient healing font dedicated to an 11th-century matriarch was moved to make way for progress.

A haunting medieval cloister that once served as the friars’ burial ground.

This scenic road offers breathtaking mountain pass views and a quirky “magic road” illusion.

This monumental neo-Renaissance tomb in Vyšehrad Cemetery is the final resting place for Czech cultural legends.

Row through this enchanted narrow chasm whose stones are said to resemble dragon scales.

The secret centuries-old German cemetery in the heart of the Vatican.

Giant steel and concrete dinosaurs near Route 66 invite passerbys into a mineral shop.

Hikers, bikers and nature lovers appreciate this gateway to nature.

Explore a subterranean wonderland with Pennsylvania’s largest stalagmite.

Commissioned by a bank at the height of the Great Depression, this mural by the famed illustrator was intended to inspire a sense of abundance in customers.

A dazzling work by a Pop art legend hangs in one of the world’s busiest subway stations.

The oldest building in Charleston was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution.

A 1930s defensive fortification designed to protect Italy from a German invasion.