Places Annie Oortman Wants to Go

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

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

Oldest building in California still in use.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.