Places leannatron Wants to Go

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

A unique gallery chronicles the losers of American presidential history.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."