Places escapechaos Wants to Go

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

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Population: 1.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.