Places kitvishnu Wants to Go

This house made famous by the 1980s movie is now a restaurant filled with Top Gun memorabilia

A turqoise shack off the side of the road housing "100,000 things you don't need," as their sign out front says; it's filled to the brim with an expansive collection of costume jewelry, activist pins, old postcards, expensive collector's paintings, and so, so much more.

This building has lived several lives and now houses the history of South Pasadena.

A giant stalk of celery honors the Japanese farmers who once cultivated the area.

A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.

A ticket to this nostalgia-soaked arcade comes with free play on more than 40 classic games.

This trailside hut was built in the late 1930s as a memorial to a young hiker.

The heart of Little Saigon in Orange County is also the first and largest Vietnamese shopping center in the U.S.

The former home of silent film star Harry Carry.

The last family-owned, single-screen moviehouse in La La Land.

One of the last surviving buildings of a once large and thriving Chinatown.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

Go deep on these fascinating fish, and get a bonus lesson on the importance of marine conservation.

This short-lived tea and silk farm is believed to be the first permanent Japanese settlement in North America.

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

A well-preserved sheepherding camp now lies in the heart of the Granite Chief Wilderness, in the high Sierra Nevada.

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

Sip on supernatural cosmic cocktails at this spaceship themed speakeasy.

The restored estate of a wealthy rancher was once at the heart of an unprecedented legal victory.

Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.

A quirky little oasis in the California desert where rescue animals abound.

The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.

This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.

An ancient mineral hot spring sits at the middle of this combination cultural center and spa.