Places tristanpollock Wants to Go

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.