Places LianaYada Wants to Go

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.

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

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.