Clark County, Nevada
Gold Butte National Monument
Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Clark County, Nevada
Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.
Jarbidge, Nevada
One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Florence, Arizona
At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.
Yuma, Arizona
Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Ponderosa, New Mexico
On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Toronto, Ontario
This museum explores the history of stickers and is home to RePEELed, an exhibit featuring sticker art from around the world.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Greensboro, North Carolina
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
Phillips, Wisconsin
An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.