Places Douglas Wants to Go

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Mexican food and folk art.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.