Places Amberp Wants to Go

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

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

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

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

California's first suspension bridge.

A train tunnel that was made obsolete by the dam it helped create.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

Built to hold Gold Rush wealth, this building has withstood the test of time.