Sonoma, California
Location of the Microsoft Windows XP Default Wallpaper
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Livermore, California
The longest burning light bulb in the world.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Mexico City, Mexico
This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Burlington, Colorado
One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.
Central City, Colorado
This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.
New York, New York
The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.
Brooklyn, New York
A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.