Places offmapn Wants to Go

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The only place in the Grand Canyon where an automobile can be driven to the Colorado River

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

An amazing collection of model trains, collectibles, and artifacts that span the last 100 years.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

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

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

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

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

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

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.