Places sierrawest Wants to Go

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.