Places Douglas Wants to Go

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.