Places rubysage Wants to Go

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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 largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.