Places sarahltait Wants to Go

Built at the turn of the 20th century, using bricks made and fired from clay found on the property.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

At 11,500 feet in elevation, there is no toilet in the state closer to the sky than this one.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

This archaeological dig site and museum is home to one of the largest dinosaur fossil collections in the world.

The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.

Raised high above the Cimarron River, this 1,268-foot rail bridge followed a half-century of trainwrecks, bridge collapses, and an abandoned town.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Dedicated to an airmail pilot who never let go of his important payload.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.

Idaho’s largest, deepest limestone cave is known for its quirky rock formations and bat population.

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

Designed in 1887, this clock from the county office clock tower has been restored and is on full display.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.