Places franny Wants to Go

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.