Piercy, California
Confusion Hill
An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
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Piercy, California
An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
Whitethorn, California
A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.
Eureka, California
Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Landers, California
Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
San Francisco, California
In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
Palm Springs, California
An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Crestline, California
Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
What appears to be a historic cabin nestled within Valles Caldera National Preserve is actually part of an abandoned movie set.
Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
This cultural center showcases what may be the oldest ongoing community in all of North America.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
This cave column thousands of feet below the earth’s surface is rightly named for one of the most colorful park rangers in history.
Pinos Altos, New Mexico
This 1863 adobe building is home to one of the oldest operating saloons in the Southwest.
Gallup, New Mexico
This historic trading post has been serving the community since 1913.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The country’s largest collection of southwestern jewelry, along with contemporary Native American art.
Alcalde, New Mexico
This ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande is home to a little-known LGBTQ history of Mary Cabot Wheelwright, Marie Chabot, and two-spirit Navajo weaver Hastiin Klah.
Mogollon, New Mexico
Once a mining boom town, Mogollon’s well-preserved buildings are tucked away in the mountains of the Gila National Forest.