Places Adjuster Wants to Go

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.