Places ketchiegrl Wants to Go

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.