Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

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

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

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

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

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

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

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

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

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

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

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

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.