Places anjelkitty Wants to Go

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

A large instrument played by the wind.

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

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.