Places jcan58 Wants to Go

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

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

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This cliffside memorial marks the final resting place of a lonely violinist.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A once-thriving hotel from the Old West now sits abandoned, under the threat of demolition.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.