Sedona, Arizona
Chapel of the Holy Cross
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Phoenix, Arizona
Camelback Mountain
A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.
Wickenburg, Arizona
Wickenburg Jail Tree
Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.
South Lake Tahoe, California
Vikingsholm Castle
One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.
San Diego, California
Spruce Street Suspension Bridge
An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Oldest building in California still in use.
El Cajon, California
Unarius Academy of Science
Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.
San Diego County, California
Goat Canyon Trestle
The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Groom Lake, Nevada
Area 51
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Inyo County, California
Badwater Basin
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Bishop, California
Erick Schat's Bakkerÿ
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Yosemite National Park, California
The Ahwahnee Hotel
The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.
Lee Vining, California
Mono Lake
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Alamo, Nevada
The Black Mailbox
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
San Bernardino County, California
The Mojave Desert Mailbox
The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.
Yermo, California
Calico Ghost Town
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Joshua Tree, California
'Krblin Jihn Kabin'
While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.
Calipatria, California
Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field
Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.
Goodsprings, Nevada
Pioneer Saloon
The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.
Santa Clarita, California
Oak of the Golden Dream
According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.
Lake Los Angeles, California
Lake Los Angeles
A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.
Sequoia National Park, California
General Sherman
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
California
Eureka Dunes
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
Newberry Springs, California
Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
