Places embentley1 Wants to Go

One of the oldest universities in the world exhibits thousands of specimens from its 700-year-old collection.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.