Places JennyG Wants to Go

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

A mile-long navigable cave adorned with stalactites and stalagmites reaching up to 65 feet tall.

This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

This small town's local tradition is to create the world's tallest ice pillar.

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

A carved bench marks the Scottish cave that inspired the classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.