Places BeerAndLoathing Wants to Go

This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

This innovative mill was built for a legendary gold mine that never came to be.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

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

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Does being buried standing up help you get into heaven faster?

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

The trunk of this 700-year-old tree measures more than 60 feet around, making it the oldest and largest baobab in Sri Lanka.

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.