Places nicoleeellan Wants to Go

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

Outsider Art Community.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.