Places SoCal Creature Wants to Go

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

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.

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.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

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

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

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Half of a house.

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