Places lomicster Wants to Go

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

The last of its kind in the country.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.