Places dtodd Wants to Go

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

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

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

A colorful street mural created in downtown Vista by world-renowned spray-paint artist Chor Boogie (Jason Hailey), who grew up in the area.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Go deep on these fascinating fish, and get a bonus lesson on the importance of marine conservation.

A mosaic map made of over 100,000 tiles depicts the geological features and sea creatures that live along this San Diego beachside community.

The smallest Mexican land grant in California was given, and then taken from, a 19th-century teacher and nurse.