Places ashleypinnick Wants to Go

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

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

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.