Places Abstergail Wants to Go

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

A monument to the love people have for their pets.