Places jesadair Wants to Go

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.