Places DrJennT Wants to Go

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.