Places Ryan Haupt Wants to Go

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 abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

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

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

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

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.