Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.