Places shell42 Wants to Go

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

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

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

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

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

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.