Places Qbeing Wants to Go

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.