Places eltjim Wants to Go

An enormous boulder deposited by the Scabland floods lies in the Quincy Basin among a host of smaller boulders.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

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

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

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.

This hulking rock formation balances on a pedestal that is 3 feet by 17 inches.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The first lookout in Yosemite.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.