Places embentley1 Wants to Go

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

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

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

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

Antiques by the Bay.

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

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.