Places williamf Wants to Go

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

A unique collection of artistic rides

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

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

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

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

This terrifying glass bridge on the side of a mountain cracks as you step on it.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

This Tibetan and Naxi village's Honey Rose wine bears the mark of 19th-century French missionaries.

One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.