Places mrsphotog Wants to Go

Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

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

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

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

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

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

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

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.