Sequoia National Park, California
General Sherman
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Marathon, Texas
An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.
Marfa, Texas
With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.
Austin, Texas
The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.
Marfa, Texas
This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.
Amarillo, Texas
A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Los Angeles, California
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
Marfa, Texas
A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Namibia
Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Bisbee, Arizona
A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Markaz Al Belina, Egypt
Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Needles, California
An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.
White, Georgia
One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.
Orrville, Alabama
This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.
Mexico City, Mexico
Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.
Tonalea, Arizona
The graffiti-covered ruins of an abandoned trading post in the middle of the Navajo Nation.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.