Places mjflanagan0 Wants to Go

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.