Places clpartin Wants to Go

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.