Places averymonsen Wants to Go

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

This drive-by, rotating mini-gallery is nestled in the suburbs of Colorado.

It's easy to forget what century it is as you wander this rustic homestead.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

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.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.