Places clpartin Wants to Go

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

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

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

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

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.