Places iambe100 Wants to Go

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

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

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

The remains of a large pueblo village constructed by the Salado culture, who occupied the region more than 600 years ago.