Places Shawb1 Wants to Go

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

An amazing collection of model trains, collectibles, and artifacts that span the last 100 years.

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

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

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

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

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

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.