Places melissabaker Wants to Go

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.