Places sandylibrarian Wants to Go

A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

It is intended to take one back to a stripped-down simplicity, to spend extended time both inside and out, and absorb the natural drama of the Upper Rio Grande Valley.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

A repository of Pasadena history.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.