Places Ramika Wants to Go

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

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

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

Take a leisurely ride on a 1906 cable car or a 1907 steam locomotive.

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

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

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.

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

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

A monument to the legacy of the man who created Spongebob Squarepants at the school where his passion for art and marine biology began.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The final resting place of the songwriter who penned “Take Me Out To The Ball Game."

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.