Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

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

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

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

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

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

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

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

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

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.