Places positivelypossessed Wants to Go

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Sample Spanish wines under frescoes in a historic monastery of "barefoot old men."

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

This historic hiding place, often used by people escaping slavery, is a testament to a heroic struggle for freedom.