Places Annie Oortman Wants to Go

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

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

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.