Places jrmcummings Wants to Go

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

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Mine your own precious stones.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

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

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.