Places sarahltait Wants to Go

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

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

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.