Places zydeko Wants to Go

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

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

The American Home, Re-imagined.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

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

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.