Places evanpelt Wants to Go

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

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

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

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

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

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

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.