Places MorbidLoren Wants to Go

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Antiques by the Bay.

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

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

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

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

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

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