Places haydenrcarroll Wants to Go

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Climb 200 stairs up the tallest lighthouse on the West Coast for an unbeatable view.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

The largest drain hole in the world.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Antiques by the Bay.