Places sarakreep Wants to Go

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

A young artist's storefront brings eldritch horrors to small-town America.

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.

In one of the hottest parts of the Mojave Desert, shallow bedrock forces the typically dry Mojave River to the surface in this canyon, providing a vital oasis for humans and wildlife.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

The only mine for rare earth elements in the United States has been intermittently active since the 1950s.

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

Hidden away among the quiet streets of Beverly Hills, this small park is a haven for walkers and wildlife.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Clark County Museum has created an entire street of historically important buildings relocated from various other locations within the county.

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

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'