Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.