Places Alex SF Wants to Go

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.

Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

An 18-foot-tall troll sculpture, made from recycled wood and materials found in nature.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Discover this sandstone alcove, a geologic wonder in southern Utah, that continues to slowly shape shift.

This now-protected stone circle is an archeological mystery and a stellar viewpoint.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.