Places spasticsquirrel Wants to Go

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.