Places nmaxinec Wants to Go

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

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

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.