Places chidorinagashi Wants to Go

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.