Places bleachedrhodopsin Wants to Go

Over 300 wood sculptures depicting characters from Slavic, Greek and Western folk tales fill this magical garden.

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

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.