Places kitvishnu Wants to Go

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

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

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

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

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

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

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.