Places phildzielski Wants to Go

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

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

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

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

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.