Places travmp Wants to Go

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

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

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."