Places joparkman Wants to Go

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

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.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

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

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.