Places RachelM Wants to Go

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

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.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.