Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

A repository of Pasadena history.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.