Inverness, California
Point Reyes Lighthouse
The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Palo Alto, California
Gates of Hell Sculpture
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
Los Angeles, California
Evergreen Memorial Park & Crematory
Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.
San Jose, California
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Oakland, California
Chapel of the Chimes
Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.
Los Angeles, California
Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.
Los Angeles, California
Templo Santa Muerte
A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
Los Angeles, California
Japanese Cultural Village
A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.
Los Angeles, California
Museum of Tolerance
A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.
San Simeon, California
Hearst Castle
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Los Angeles, California
Holyland Exhibition
Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.
San Francisco, California
Mission Dolores Cemetery
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
San Diego, California
San Diego Museum of Us
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Humboldt County, California
Avenue of the Giants
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Los Angeles, California
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.
Los Angeles, California
Philosophical Research Society
A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Los Angeles, California
Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
