Places posturethecat Wants to Go

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.