Places jesadair Wants to Go

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

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

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

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

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

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

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

Antiques by the Bay.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.