Places christinetran825 Wants to Go

Here, Father Agapius Honcharenko established his homestead, becoming the first nationally conscious Ukrainian to settle in the United States.

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.

Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.