Places scatekat1 Wants to Go

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

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

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.