Places jorrick Wants to Go

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

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

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

Once the largest town in eastern Yuba County now sits abandoned.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

A showcase of engineering might that was also symbolic of westward expansion.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.