Places sarakreep Wants to Go

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

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.

A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

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

The remote graves of a Scottish family who died of thirst while attempting to reach St. George.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

This supper club is a slice of old Las Vegas.

A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.

A photogenic rock-art site that is also a popular climbing and canyoneering area.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

The final resting place for an internet icon.

This abandoned open-pit copper mine features stunning turquoise mineral pools and excellent rock-hunting opportunities.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

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

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

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.