Places kristengranata Wants to Go

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

The company moved out of its sprawling headquarters, leaving plenty of traces behind.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.