Places Aty Trocious Wants to Go

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

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

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

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

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

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Island of trash twice the size of Texas floats in the Pacific.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

This Belgian theme park began as a refuge for bored church children and was closed down when a boy lost an arm.