Places ruii Wants to Go

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

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

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

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

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

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

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

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

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

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.