Places cicirude Wants to Go

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

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

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

Kayak out to a floating restroom.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

Mexican food and folk art.

Two historic and closed cemeteries, separated by a low income apartment building.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

An unexpected connection to Chicago awaits visitors on an island just off the California coast.

Its vast collection details the history of this Santa Barbara beach town.