Places jrmcummings Wants to Go

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.