Places Sternenfeuer Wants to Go

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

Grown from a seed that went to the moon!

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

The first lookout in Yosemite.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

Traditional, pre-Hispanic food is served alongside classic favorites in this family-owned Mexican restaurant.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

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

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

A hidden, morbidly fascinating cemetery deep in the forest.

Africa's own Christ the Redeemer looks over Angola's second largest city.

Fears of Satanic worshippers swirl around five Celtic-inspired megaliths.