Places shaw95 Wants to Go

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

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.

Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

The first radio telescope dedicated to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.