Places nicoleeellan Wants to Go

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

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

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

A land of debatable treasure.

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.