Places Pauline G Wants to Go

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

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

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

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.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

A replica that won't float away.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.