Places elfandhobbit Wants to Go

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

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

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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