Places James Gage Wants to Go

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.