Places lauraandrian Wants to Go

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

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

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.