Places curiouser 54cc2706 Wants to Go

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

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

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

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

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

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

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

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

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

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

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

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

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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