Places izzyturtle Wants to Go

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

The last Americana on Route 66.

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.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

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

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

Mexican food and folk art.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

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

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.