Places GRH Wants to Go

This abandoned park is home to hundreds of stone statues ranging from humans to mystical beings.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

One of the oldest and most majestic living trees in Britain, thought to be over 1,500 years old.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

This statue in Holland Park might be one of London’s oldest outdoor statues, but its exact origins are unknown.

This is London's smallest listed building.

Known as the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, this haunted 16th-century manor has a dark, mysterious past.

One of the oldest adobe structures in Northern California.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Thomas Dambo's troll sculpture wears a crown with birdhouses on his head.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.