Places Edited by Abstergail

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.