Places DarkFireJacob Wants to Go

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.