Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.