Places jmchasse Wants to Go

This fireplace-turned-monument pays tribute to the assassinated U.S. president.

The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Wander through desolate oil fields littered with rigs.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

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

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

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

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Two geoglyphs that are truly unique to North America.

A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.

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

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.