Places piblyss Wants to Go

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.