Places nlcrocker Wants to Go

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

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

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

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

What is the Thing?

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

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

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

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

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

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

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

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

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

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

Outsider Art Community.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

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

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

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