Manhattan Beach, California
Light Gate
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Manhattan Beach, California
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
Berkeley, California
A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Los Angeles, California
Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.
Truckee, California
Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.
Fort Bragg, California
Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.
San Francisco, California
Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.
San Diego County, California
The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Los Angeles, California
Because there's no place like home.
Joshua Tree, California
While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
Julian, California
Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.
San Francisco, California
Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.
San Luis Obispo, California
A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.
California
Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
Ramona, California
This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.
San Luis Obispo, California
A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.
Pasadena, California
Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.
Los Angeles, California
The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.
Los Angeles, California
The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.
San Francisco, California
A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.
Los Angeles, California
A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.
Beverly Hills, California
Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.
Los Angeles, California
This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.