Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

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

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

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

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.