Places colecathleen Wants to Go

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.