Places JCinSTL Wants to Go

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Named for a self-taught botanist who cataloged hundreds of native plants, this garden continues her work of preserving California plant life.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

A monument is dedicated to the thousands of people who pick and harvest our nation's food.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

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

Eccentric sculptures made from repurposed materials peppers this former farm.

Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.