Places SamWandersEarth Wants to Go

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

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

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

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

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

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

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

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.