Places KayteeLouise Wants to Go

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

An archive and museum with a mind-boggling collection of Shakespeare-related objects.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

A charming easy-to-miss sculpture garden filled with whimsical and thought-provoking metal sculptures.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

This historic home has survived wars, drought, and financial woes to become a California landmark.

When California condors were hovering on the brink of extinction, this recovery program was charged with helping the birds thrive again.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Remnants of the United States's largest accidental oil spill still mar a California valley.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

The oldest pictographs on this decorated rock formation in California's Carrizo Plain date back as many as 4,000 years.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.