Places mekelley94 Wants to Go

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Russian history in San Francisco.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

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

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

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

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

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.