Places meltingknight Wants to Go

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

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.