Places washkowana Wants to Go

Stand inside the dark interior of an historic redwood tree that once was used as a general's headquarters.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

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

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

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

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.

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

This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.