Places embentley1 Wants to Go

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The largest drain hole in the world.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.