Oakland, California
Cleveland Cascade
A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.
Places cbkazi Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Oakland, California
Phap Duyen Tu: The Buddha Shrine of Oakland
A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.
Cold Spring, New York
West Point Foundry Preserve
This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.
Beacon, New York
Bannerman's Castle
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Carmel Hamlet, New York
New York's Chuang Yen Monastery
The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.
Beacon, New York
Zelda Fitzgerald's Abandoned Sanatorium
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
New Paltz, New York
Huguenot Street
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
Hyde Park, New York
The Hyde Park Vanderbilt Mansion
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Alcolea del Pinar, Spain
Casa de Piedra (Stone House)
An impressive home made of stone, carved more than a century ago.
Florence, Oregon
Darlingtonia State Natural Site
The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.
Klamath, California
Tour Thru Tree
This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.
Orick, California
Fern Canyon
Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.
