Places kassiev123 Wants to Go

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

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

The last of its kind in the country.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.