Places whereismymnd Wants to Go

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

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

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

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

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.