Places Missmaryfaith Wants to Go

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

This 19th century jail was mainly used to incarcerate the drunk and disorderly.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

Exhibits from an island in Lake Michigan are preserved in this hand-built cabin museum.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

The railroad turning train travel into a cinematic, highly immersive experience has a fascinating connection to Game of Thrones.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.

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

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

The temporary burial site of the man who shot and killed Jesse James.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

Hike, ski, or snowshoe to a backcountry yurt that serves up gourmet, four-course dinners.

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.