Places gmork Wants to Go

This short-lived tea and silk farm is believed to be the first permanent Japanese settlement in North America.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Stand inside the dark interior of an historic redwood tree that once was used as a general's headquarters.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

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

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Beside a lonely road winding into the hills overlooking Altadena, sits a portal that urges callers to embrace humanity‘s innermost expression: Goodbye

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

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

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.