Places jdebert2011 Wants to Go

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.