Places dmoorepool Wants to Go

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

The cavern’s main chamber is so vast that the Statue of Liberty could reportedly fit inside it.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

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

The first lookout in Yosemite.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

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

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

Grown from a seed that went to the moon!

Browse an impressive collection of passenger and military aircraft dating back to World War II.

One of the largest private collections of cars manufactured by the short-lived Franklin Automobile Company.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

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

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

All that's left of a former camp and settlement is a plaque commemorating the water source found at this remote site.