Places chelsb423 Wants to Go

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

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

Oldest building in California still in use.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

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

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

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

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

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

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.