Oakland, California
Mountain View Cemetery
Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Oakland, California
Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.
Sonora, California
Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.
Bodfish, California
This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.
Calistoga, California
California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.
La Puente, California
“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Eureka, California
Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
Los Angeles, California
Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.
Picacho, Arizona
A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.
Tucson, Arizona
This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."
Winslow, Arizona
A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.
Capitan, New Mexico
The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.
Columbia, Tennessee
The former home of the 11th president of the United States.
Clinton, Tennessee
A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.
Nashville, Tennessee
The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.
Holbrook, Arizona
This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.
Payson, Arizona
The handsome statue is a tribute to the post riders who traversed 52 miles of tough Arizona terrain.
Keeler, California
A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.
Wichita, Kansas
A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.
Greenville, Florida
Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.
Wichita, Kansas
The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.