Places breaingram Wants to Go

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

This archaeological museum in an 18th-century mansion showcases the country’s finest examples of pre-Columbian ceramics.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

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

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