Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.