Places opaellunea Wants to Go

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

Oldest building in California still in use.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

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

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Tucked away behind an unassuming set of shops is a must-see series of stunning murals.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

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