Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

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

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.