Places chantelfuentes Wants to Go

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

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

A blast from the past in central San Diego.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.