Places msmarthareyna Wants to Go

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.