Places bluestargirl Wants to Go

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

Since 1985, this Victorian home has operated as a museum filled top to bottom with American-made glassware.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.