Places Rick Brown Wants to Go

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A monument celebrating the Black soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry.

Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

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

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).