Places alexisr Wants to Go

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

Mexican food and folk art.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

The last of its kind in the country.

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

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.