Places educatorclaire Wants to Go

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

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

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

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

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

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

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.