Places roguetitan Wants to Go

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

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

Where Nor'easters go to die.

An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.

A small town market proudly displays numerous taxidermied animals along its walls.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

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

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

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

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.