Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.