Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The largest drain hole in the world.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.