Places sparkleybits Wants to Go

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

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

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

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

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The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

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

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

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

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

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

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