Places tsshrooms Wants to Go

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

A strange sandstone formation in the middle of nowhere presents an interesting climbing opportunity.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

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

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

A unique collection of drawings that represent Fremont Native American culture.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

Not your typical pet cemetery.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

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

This creepy, abandoned cemetery is all that remains of a once booming mining town.

If it wasn’t for an innovative use of quilts during a crisis, the city of Panguitch might not exist today.

The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

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

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