Inyo County, California
Amargosa Opera House
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.
Randsburg, California
This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.
Trona, California
One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.
San Bernardino, California
Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Antarctica
Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Mauritania
A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.
Nazca, Peru
Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Penteli, Greece
Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Agion Oros, Greece
An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
Haddington, Scotland
Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."
Chongqing, China
The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.