Places westcoastspirit Wants to Go

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

A unique gallery filled with art that is interactive, accessible, and generates a ripple effect of creativity

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

The world’s largest underground marble quarry is hiding in Vermont.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

This traditional Japanese shrine is dedicated to four Shinto deities.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.