Places desertrider1966 Wants to Go

See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

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

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

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

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Wander through desolate oil fields littered with rigs.

Remnants of the United States's largest accidental oil spill still mar a California valley.

The oldest pictographs on this decorated rock formation in California's Carrizo Plain date back as many as 4,000 years.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.