Places AMischiefManaged Wants to Go

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Antiques by the Bay.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.