Places BlackCloud Wants to Go

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.