Places Zed Wants to Go

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in 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.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Sip on supernatural cosmic cocktails at this spaceship themed speakeasy.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.