Places barbg41 Wants to Go

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

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

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

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.