San Diego, California
Spruce Street Suspension Bridge
An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
San Diego, California
An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
San Francisco, California
The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Orick, California
Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.
San Francisco, California
The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
Crestline, California
Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.
Yucca Valley, California
A meditative space out of a fantasy story.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Antwerp, Belgium
The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.
Trumansburg, New York
A reproduction of a giant humanoid "fossil," a hoax buried locally for construction crews to find and gain national attention.
Markaz Al Belina, Egypt
Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Aptos, California
This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.
Santa Cruz, California
Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.