Places thecloudminder Wants to Go

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

This roadside stop between Goblin Valley and the Henry Mountains is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

A replica that won't float away.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.

Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Oklahoma City's oldest arcade has reinvented itself as a competitive pinball mecca.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Get your gift of the gab on Route 66.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.