Places Eirik Gumeny Wants to Go

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.