Places embentley1 Wants to Go

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

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

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.