Places Douglas Wants to Go

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

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.