Places ashleypinnick Wants to Go

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

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

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.