Places caitlinhug7 Wants to Go

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

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

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

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.