Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

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

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

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

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

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

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

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

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

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

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

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Mexican food and folk art.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.