Places someintime Wants to Go

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

From this small hill near Phoenix, almost all of Arizona was surveyed and plotted out

The final resting place for an internet icon.

One of America's largest retirement communities has its own history museum

These petroglyphs created by ancient Arizonians have withstood centuries of exposure to the elements.

Get up close to a life-sized model of a spent-fuel dry cask and learn how Arizona’s largest power plant operates in a desert.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

This abandoned open-pit copper mine features stunning turquoise mineral pools and excellent rock-hunting opportunities.

This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Founded in 1933, this creamery has produced world-class cheeses and was the first American creamery to win a world champion title at the World Cheese Awards.

Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.