Places elinar Wants to Go

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

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

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Half of a house.

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