Places mellauri Wants to Go

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.