Places dianesaurus Wants to Go

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

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

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

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.