Places ophie Wants to Go

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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 "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

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

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.