Places Abstergail Wants to Go

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

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

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.