Places robgoodd Wants to Go

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.