Places cconway7 Wants to Go

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

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

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

This mysterious chalk figure of a horse has been recreated and restored for more than a century.

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

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

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.