Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.