Places sarahltait Wants to Go

One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

A remote desert monument marks where a priest and explorer entered what later became Arizona.

A short interpretive trail about one of the first human cultures in North America.

Dozens of elaborate works of automotive art have been preserved at this Arizona museum.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

This rural museum is home to more than 50 local desert reptiles and the world's largest snake bite kit collection.

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.

High-end dining has a home in this former gas station.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

Its vast collection details the history of this Santa Barbara beach town.

Named for a self-taught botanist who cataloged hundreds of native plants, this garden continues her work of preserving California plant life.

Traditional, pre-Hispanic food is served alongside classic favorites in this family-owned Mexican restaurant.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.