Places SarahTheExplorer Wants to Go

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

An isolated early 20th-century gold mine in the remote Pine Forest Range contains much preserved equipment.

Well-preserved ruins in the Pine Grove Hills of western Nevada.

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

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

The only place in the world where the general public can walk aboard an authentic offshore drilling rig.

The hillside where Edvard Munch experienced the panic attack that inspired “The Scream” offers one of the most striking evening views in Oslo.

A desert journey through atomic history.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."