Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.

Apple memorabilia in an undisclosed warehouse, hidden for undisclosed reasons.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.

One man's love of natural beauty led to the creation of this hidden granite monument.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.