Places jesadair Wants to Go

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

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

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

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

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

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

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

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

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.