Places caitlinhug7 Wants to Go

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

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

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.