Places embeekrais Wants to Go

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

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

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

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

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.