Places lmdani09 Wants to Go

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.