Places luketheauthor Wants to Go

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

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

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The last of its kind in the country.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.