Places ambermriley Wants to Go

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

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

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

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

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

The largest drain hole in the world.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.