Places cmstoelb Wants to Go

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

Visit the real-life site of the fictional pizzeria in Bong Joon-Ho's film Parasite.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A fortress-like granary that has been continually in use for more than nine centuries.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

This museum honors the farming past of the “Salad Bowl of the World.”

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Defaced since the early 80s, this bridge has become local icon to the metalheads and residents of the city.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.