Places mamaemeritus3 Wants to Go

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

A sun-filled museum featuring an ever-rotating collection of classic and exotic cars.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.