Places dearestnature Wants to Go

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.