Places jessievaz12 Wants to Go

A charming easy-to-miss sculpture garden filled with whimsical and thought-provoking metal sculptures.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Eccentric sculptures made from repurposed materials peppers this former farm.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

A Berkeley sidewalk etched with 128 cast-iron poems.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.