Places sarahltait Wants to Go

A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.

The site of an improbable and ill-fated attempt to use dammed floodwaters for irrigation.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

A surprise blip of color and kitsch.

This dry lake bed was once an emergency landing strip for military and experimental aircraft.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

One of the best-preserved early 20th-century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay.

The first graveyard named "Boot Hill" was established in Hays, Kansas, years before better known cemeteries with the same name.

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

A working ranch doubles as a sustainable hub for world-renowned classical music and large-scale sculptures.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.