Places maccasimmons Wants to Go

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Because there's no place like home.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

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.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.