Places nejuum Wants to Go

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Russian history in San Francisco.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

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.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.