Places nickblossom Wants to Go

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

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

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

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

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A land of debatable treasure.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

A spiritual center in the Santa Monica Mountains founded by Alice Coltrane after the death of her husband and fellow jazz musician John Coltrane.

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

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.