Places desertrider1966 Wants to Go

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

A sculpture dedicated to Napa Valley's oldest mineral water company.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)