Places Erin Johnson Wants to Go

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

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

This little-known, 35,000-specimen collection in Greece is a lepidopterist's dream.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

The smallest country in the world.

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

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.