Places kattrewerts Wants to Go

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

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

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.