Places samanthamooney Wants to Go

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

This museum shaped like an inflating balloon celebrates the sport’s buoyant achievements.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

The country’s largest collection of southwestern jewelry, along with contemporary Native American art.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

An old adobe structure first built in the 1890s is a desert watering hole plastered with dollar bills and odd West Texas finds.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Twelve decommissioned shipping containers evoke a reclining person in Marfa, Texas.

The final resting place of a music legend.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.