Places vhass Wants to Go

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

A middle school sports field that many believe was the true location of the first successful powered flight - and not by the Wright Brothers.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

Come for the records, stay for the retro pinball machines.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

Once the largest town in eastern Yuba County now sits abandoned.

The final resting place of a woman who never gave up on love.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

This cabin once belonged to one of California's original settlers.

Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.

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

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

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.