Places adnoid Wants to Go

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

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

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.

The geographic center point of the Golden State.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

Once a Catholic mission, this small town tucked between the ocean and the mountains is now a magical spot for art and history lovers.

Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.

This airstrip atoll is uninhabited by humans, but absolutely full of birds.

This ruined fort and statue are a testament to the last king of Kaua‘i’s savvy diplomacy skills, which briefly brought Russians to Hawai‘i.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

An archive and museum with a mind-boggling collection of Shakespeare-related objects.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.