Places nmaxinec Wants to Go

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

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

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.