Places staceygardner84 Wants to Go

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

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

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

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

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

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

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.