Places kitvishnu Wants to Go

Hidden in a Hollywood apartment, this restaurant takes diners on a gastronomic journey through West Africa.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

This L.A. fixture has been serving hot dogs out of a giant hot dog since 1946.

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.

This bright and bubbly Palm Springs hotel was the brainchild of an iconic drag queen.

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

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

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.