Places j3taylor Wants to Go

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

The site of the house Jack Parsons made famous both in life and death.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

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

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

These artworks take you traveling to mythical medieval Europe, the politicized grape fields of 1960s California, and deep below sea level.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.