Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.