Places gmork Wants to Go

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

The final resting place of a woman who never gave up on love.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

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

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Colorful sedimentary rock layers provide opportunities both for hiking and photography.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

A remote one-room schoolhouse on Catalina Island, once a lifeline for local children, now abandoned.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.