Places thecloudminder Wants to Go

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

A meticulously restored Wichita home designed by the most renowned American architect of the 20th century.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

Located along historic Route 66, this former gas station has been restored and converted into a museum filled with vintage motorcycles.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town.

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

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.

One of the most intact and well-preserved skeletons of a mammoth in the world is displayed in a tiny Utah town.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.