Places toothbat Wants to Go

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

A tribute to a 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped in 1793 and escaped over two years later.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.