Places tomasznowicki187 Wants to Go

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

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

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

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

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.