Places akilinaskovil Wants to Go

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

The largest drain hole in the world.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

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

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.