Places andrewmiddletontrc Wants to Go

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Russian history in San Francisco.

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