Places lelandbuck Wants to Go

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.