Places nunne Wants to Go

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

A replica that won't float away.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

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

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

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

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

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