Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

The site of the house Jack Parsons made famous both in life and death.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

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

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

This 75-year-old Shakespearean sculpture is painted by a local artist for every season.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.