Places nicholasgarside Wants to Go

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.

Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.

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

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

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

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.