Places zydeko Wants to Go

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

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