Places byorgason Wants to Go

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

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

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

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

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.