Places BlackCloud Wants to Go

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

An oddity shop filled with loads of bones, skulls, crafting materials, vintage taxidermy, and more.

This bright and bubbly Palm Springs hotel was the brainchild of an iconic drag queen.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Tucked away behind an unassuming set of shops is a must-see series of stunning murals.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.