Places surfintrekie Wants to Go

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

A self-taught astronomer fell in love with the stars and built his own observatory in Colombia.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

This public library and its impressive collection of academic books have not changed since the 17th century.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

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

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.