Places agoalex Wants to Go

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

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.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.