Places TeamDD Wants to Go

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

A repository of Pasadena history.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.