Places Skankatron Wants to Go

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

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

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

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.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.