Places PassionsandPlaces Wants to Go

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

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

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

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

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

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

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

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

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

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

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

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

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

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