Places sweetcandee00 Wants to Go

Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

Little is left of this formerly bustling railroad junction on the Transcontinental Railroad.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.

Far out of its comfort zone, this sequoia was planted as a symbol of the connection between Visalia and its neighboring national park.

This crumbling warehouse was once the third-largest cannery in the U.S. and the first in the world to can green asparagus.

A quirky little oasis in the California desert where rescue animals abound.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.

A large lava tube that can be walked through with no special equipment.

A striking geological formation in Southern California.

The first radio telescope dedicated to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

Go deep on these fascinating fish, and get a bonus lesson on the importance of marine conservation.

A whimsical display of massive metal sculptures made from recycled materials.

Get your footwear fixed inside a 30-foot-long shoe built by an obsessive cobbler in 1947.

An improbable set of attractive limestone caverns forms the centerpiece of Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

Hidden deep in the Joshua Tree Wilderness, this 1940s miner's cabin built into a gap between two mega-sized boulders.

This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.