Places Monica Petrus Wants to Go

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

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

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.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.