Places sarahltait Wants to Go

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

Beehive charcoal kilns and slag deposits mark this late 19th century camp centered on a smelter.

Welcome to a feel-good American drugstore, in the classic sense of the term.

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

Ghost hunters have fueled up at this diner for more than a century.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

In addition to fishing and camping, this spot in Nebraska’s Sandhills is one of the world’s darkest places.

An improbable sinkhole in the sediments flanking the Beaver Dam Mountains.

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

Two well-preserved charcoal kilns survive in a remote part of eastern Nevada.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.