Places jordank Wants to Go

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The largest drain hole in the world.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

A sculpture dedicated to Napa Valley's oldest mineral water company.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

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

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.