Places biancac Wants to Go

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

The grounds of former plantations where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her youth enslaved are now a museum to her incredible life.

Both the building and blades of this reconstructed 19th-century windmill can turn in a breeze.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

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

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.