Places kyrstyn03 Wants to Go

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

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

This museum features the original car used on the Beverly Hillbillies sitcom.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.