Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

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

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

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

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

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

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

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

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

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

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

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

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

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

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

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

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