Places ninaninacat Wants to Go

The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

The freeway that never was.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

This overgrown Victorian chapel made of corrugated metal looks utterly out of place.