Places paskalee Wants to Go

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

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

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

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

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.