Places Nerdabella Wants to Go

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.