Places Minene Wants to Go

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This airfield played a key role in both World War II and the Cold War.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.