Places Unusualer Wants to Go

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

Experience life in one of America’s smallest neighborhoods.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

Open-air cremations in Colorado's self-proclaimed spiritual mecca.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

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

This arch was featured prominently in the film.

At certain times in the fall and winter, the sunlight makes this natural sandstone arch glow.

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

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.