Places johnw404 Wants to Go

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Because there's no place like home.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.