Places Scott Klinger Wants to Go

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

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

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

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

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.