Places cconway7 Wants to Go

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

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

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

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

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

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

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

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

Russian history in San Francisco.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.