Places O P Helia Wants to Go

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.