Places sverige17 Wants to Go

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.