Places shminta Wants to Go

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.