Places jessicacripps Wants to Go

The world's smallest movie theater runs on solar power—an attraction in itself.

The towering Pinocchio stands 63 feet tall in the Italian village his creator frequented as a child.

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.