Places barbg41 Wants to Go

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

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

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Mexican food and folk art.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.