Places knitterjenn Wants to Go

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

It is intended to take one back to a stripped-down simplicity, to spend extended time both inside and out, and absorb the natural drama of the Upper Rio Grande Valley.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

Spectacular 300-foot cliffs in a lush mountain canyon.

An unconventional monument to one of America's largest landowners.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.