Places dirtlovinlady Wants to Go

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

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

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

The largest drain hole in the world.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

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

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.