Places allykmata Wants to Go

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

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

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

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

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.