Places curiouser 54cc2706 Wants to Go

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

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

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

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

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

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

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

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