Places nejuum Wants to Go

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

This crumbling warehouse was once the third-largest cannery in the U.S. and the first in the world to can green asparagus.