Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Antiques by the Bay.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

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