Places michaelamiller Wants to Go

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

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

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

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

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

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

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.