Places Tagtaylorsit Wants to Go

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

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

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

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