Places sarahebpms Wants to Go

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

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

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

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

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.