Places zkw3 Wants to Go

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A beautiful piece of history in a very remote area that allowed ranchers to move their herds.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

This abandoned open-pit copper mine features stunning turquoise mineral pools and excellent rock-hunting opportunities.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

A quirky little oasis in the California desert where rescue animals abound.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.