Places dearestnature Wants to Go

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

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

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

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

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

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

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.