Places nicoleeellan Wants to Go

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.