Places melaniehensch Wants to Go

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

An improbable set of attractive limestone caverns forms the centerpiece of Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Orozco’s fiery mural that brought the Mexican Muralist Movement to the U.S.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This vast and otherworldly landscape is one of the largest dune complexes in North America.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

Listen to the sounds of the Earth moving along the Rose Canyon Fault.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

An out-of-the-way state park in Oregon that features both a picturesque waterfall and the ruins of a hydropower plant.

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

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.