Places lillicay Wants to Go

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

In Paris, Texas, even Jesus wears cowboy boots.

A mid-century telephone booth still stands, now a long-distance relic of the past.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

The only international border marker within the United States.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

This rural museum is home to more than 50 local desert reptiles and the world's largest snake bite kit collection.

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

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