Places clpartin Wants to Go

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.