Places MorbidLoren Wants to Go

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

A 19th-century California philanthropist is entombed beneath the telescope he funded.

Two historic and closed cemeteries, separated by a low income apartment building.

A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.

This sculpture was made out of recycled guns that were turned in to the city.

Ride on a fully-restored Nike nuclear-tipped missile elevator from the Cold War.

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

A grave dedicated to the pioneers who settled California.

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.

Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.