Places ashleypinnick Wants to Go

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.