Places Ckorear512 Wants to Go

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.

This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

This large boulder was used as a lookout point by Revolutionary War militiamen.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

This cabin once belonged to one of California's original settlers.

Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.