Places Sarah Jones Wants to Go

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

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

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.