Places breaingram Wants to Go

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

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.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.