Places mengelson09 Wants to Go

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

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

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

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

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

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

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