Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

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In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

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

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

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

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

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

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

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Crash site of a US National Guard C-47B plane that attempted to land at Gustavus airport in 1957 in bad weather.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.