Places pmaris Wants to Go

Bodie's 20th-century rival was a paragon of respectability and calm—but the mines eventually ran dry.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Visit a remnant California's Gold Rush, which locals claim is haunted by spirits from the past.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

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

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.