Places BlackCloud Wants to Go

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

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

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

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

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

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.