Places Pengwn Wants to Go

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

The largest drain hole in the world.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.