Places sierrawest Wants to Go

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

The start of the group that straightened the teeth of a nation.

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.