Places nickblossom Wants to Go

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

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

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.