Places Retrocat Wants to Go

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

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

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

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

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.