Places clpartin Wants to Go

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.