Places Edited by James Ricci

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

The last Americana on Route 66.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.