Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).