Places Jackieacosta Wants to Go

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

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.