Places clairebeware Wants to Go

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

One man's love of natural beauty led to the creation of this hidden granite monument.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

The final resting place of a woman who never gave up on love.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

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

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.