Places Shastified Wants to Go

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

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

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

An urban laboratory.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

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

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.