Places heathersfour Wants to Go

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

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

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

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.