Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

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.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

One of the deepest blue holes in the world.

One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.