Places tonkazee Wants to Go

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

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

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 meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.