Places Oops3ggs Wants to Go

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

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

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

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

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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.