Places Ivana Viani Wants to Go

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

Take a step inside the picturesque studio of America’s most renowned sculptor.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

The final resting place of the man whose name has become synonymous with greatness.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.