Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

This spot along the 23.5 degree north parallel marks the northern boundary of the tropics.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.