Places littlekelle Wants to Go

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

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 collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

A park in Mexico offers all the experiences of an illegal border crossing except for one: the border.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The smallest country in the world.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.