Places embeekrais Wants to Go

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Mexican food and folk art.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

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

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