Places meltingknight Wants to Go

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.