Places chriswhitney Wants to Go

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.