Places Seabiscuit Wants to Go

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

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

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

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

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

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

A large instrument played by the wind.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

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

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

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.

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

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.