San Francisco, California
Balmy Alley Murals
Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
San Francisco, California
Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.
San Bernardino County, California
This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.
Inyo County, California
This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Cantil, California
Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.
Johannesburg, California
The liveliest ghost town in the state.
San Francisco, California
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
Eureka, California
Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Bolinas, California
This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
Furnace Creek, California
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Ludlow, California
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.