Places angv411 Wants to Go

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

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

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

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