Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

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

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

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

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.