Places angela3950 Wants to Go

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

A site dedicated to the civil rights case that helped desegregate schools in California.

A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.

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

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.