Places sfmichelearmstrong Wants to Go

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

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.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.