Places JackalopeTamer Wants to Go

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

Stay in a luxury cabin or refurbished Airstream in this former mining camp-turned-retreat.

You might want to bring a rain jacket to this travertine triple waterfall.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

This rural museum highlights Wyoming's era of trapping and fur trades, and hosts the annual Green River Rendezvous in July.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

Welcome to a feel-good American drugstore, in the classic sense of the term.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

A former sanitarium where soldiers were sent to recover in the healing waters of hot springs.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.

This now-protected stone circle is an archeological mystery and a stellar viewpoint.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

This prehistoric karst cave is situated near a working ranch and historic warm springs.

Idaho’s largest, deepest limestone cave is known for its quirky rock formations and bat population.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.