Places curiouser 54cc2706 Wants to Go

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

At a site that has witnessed many significant events, according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, it is best known as the place of lunar discovery.

A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

A beautifully restored 19th-century house that’s possibly haunted.