Places izzyturtle Wants to Go

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

What is the Thing?

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.