Places birresus Wants to Go

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

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

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

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