Places mooselyn Wants to Go

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.