Places Rick Brown Wants to Go

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

More than 150 snowmobiles fill this Michigan museum.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.