Places ashleypinnick Wants to Go

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

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

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

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

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

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

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

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

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

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.