Places cconway7 Wants to Go

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.