Places clpartin Wants to Go

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.