Places lelandbuck Wants to Go

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

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

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The largest drain hole in the world.

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

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

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

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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

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