Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.