Places Lhildner Wants to Go

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

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

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.

A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

A once-thriving hotel from the Old West now sits abandoned, under the threat of demolition.

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.