Places EricaInCA Wants to Go

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

This unusual geoglyph was built as a warning so low-flying aircraft wouldn't scare the zoo animals.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.