Wendover, Utah
Metaphor: The Tree of Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Little America, Wyoming
Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Denver, Colorado
A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.
Estes Park, Colorado
An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.
Golden, Colorado
The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Calistoga, California
California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.
Port Costa, California
Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.
Albany, California
A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.
Oakland, California
Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.
Albany, California
An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
Berkeley, California
A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.
Berkeley, California
An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.
Oakland, California
Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.
San Francisco, California
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Francisco, California
Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.