Places calton Wants to Go

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

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

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

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

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

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

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

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.