Places lokimann Wants to Go

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Mexican food and folk art.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.