Places benjaminharmon1 Wants to Go

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

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

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Russian history in San Francisco.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.