Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.