Places westcoastspirit Wants to Go

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian Badlands.

Not for the faint of heart, this long pedestrian bridge rewards those who brave the wobbly walk with a beautiful view.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

An exquisite and eclectic selection of African masks stands out within a massive woodcarving marketplace.

This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.

This weekly bazaar started in the 1960s as a way for hippie travelers to barter their goods.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.