Places starvira Wants to Go

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

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

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.