Places cconway7 Wants to Go

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

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

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

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

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.