Places Mama Shotts Wants to Go

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

Population: 1.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

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

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.