Places aeholmquist Wants to Go

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Climb 200 stairs up the tallest lighthouse on the West Coast for an unbeatable view.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

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

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

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

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.