Places desertrider1966 Wants to Go

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

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.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

This is one really big nut.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.