Places paolascopetti Wants to Go

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Built in the early 70s, the ruins of dinosaurs are all that remains of a man’s dream to build a free dinosaur themed mini golf course

The last Americana on Route 66.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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

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

A charming easy-to-miss sculpture garden filled with whimsical and thought-provoking metal sculptures.

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

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.