Places Adjuster Wants to Go

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This is one really big nut.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

Remnants of the United States's largest accidental oil spill still mar a California valley.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.