Places clpartin Wants to Go

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Half of a house.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.