Places viv157 Wants to Go

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

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

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

The largest drain hole in the world.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.