Places jeffsTravels Wants to Go

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

Over 100 lasers, including huge ones that look straight off a sci-fi set.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

A wondrous place to watch a special flower bloom.

Hidden deep in the Joshua Tree Wilderness, this 1940s miner's cabin built into a gap between two mega-sized boulders.

Traces of General Patton’s Mojave Desert training camps for the North Africa campaign.

A museum dedicated to the life and career of the gifted but controversial general.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

The Hollywood home of Kermit the Frog and Yoda used to be Charlie Chaplin's film studio.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

An outsider art studio that created a piece of work so popular they had to turn mainstream.

A mid-century telephone booth still stands, now a long-distance relic of the past.