Places e Wants to Go

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

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

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.