Places j3taylor Wants to Go

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.