Places molsjack Wants to Go

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Take in the beauty of the Milky Way at one of the best sites for stargazing in Nevada—a state with some tough competition.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

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

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Once a year, the ruins of an ancient village come alive with hundreds of glowing farolitos.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.