Places glitterinyourgruel Wants to Go

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

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

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

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

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.