Places laurie3511 Wants to Go

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Step back in time at an outdoor living history museum where New Mexico's cultural traditions come alive.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

The last location where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson played before their tragic deaths.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

See the world's biggest spool of thread, along with the largest collection of sewing machines.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.