Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.