Los Angeles, California
The Echo Park Time Travel Mart
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Places a Wild Erik Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Los Angeles, California
Underground Tunnels of Los Angeles
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
New York, New York
Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
New York, New York
Dream House
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
Omaha, Nebraska
Site of a Japanese Balloon Bomb Explosion
These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
Harvard, Nebraska
Harvard Jail House
The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.
Hastings, Nebraska
The Hastings Museum Kool-Aid Exhibit
The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.
Lincoln, Nebraska
National Museum of Roller Skating
The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.
Monowi, Nebraska
Monowi, Nebraska
America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Johnson Museum of the Odd
A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
House on the Rock
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Spaceport America
The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
ATLAS-I
This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.
Pecos, New Mexico
Pecos National Historical Park
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Taos, New Mexico
Taos Pueblo
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
El Prado, New Mexico
Earthships
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Nageezi, New Mexico
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
New Mexico
Trinity Atomic Bomb Site
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Montezuma, New Mexico
Dwan Light Sanctuary
A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.
Farmington, New Mexico
Bisti Badlands
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
New Mexico
Ra Paulette's Hand-Carved Caves
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
San Antonio, Texas
Japanese Tea Garden
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
